As a therapist who hears with cochlear implants and straddles both Deaf/ASL and spoken English worlds, I don’t assume there’s one right way to exist or communicate.

I’m comfortable working with the complexity, frustration, and creativity that often come with disability.

Deafness & Disability Informed Therapy

  • I understand what it means to live in a body that the world won’t meet. This is a space that can hold experiences of exclusion, adaptation, hypervigilance, medicalization, disability rage, and being misunderstood in ways that don’t always have words.

  • When deafness is part of your life, whether directly or through people you love, it shapes how you communicate and understand yourself relationally. We can work in ASL, in English, or move between them. Whatever allows you to be most fully yourself in the room.

    If you’ve lived between worlds and languages, you may carry a particular awareness—and a particular tension. You won’t have to explain that here.

  • Changes in hearing can affect not just communication, but your sense of orientation, safety, and connection. You may find yourself vigilant and afraid, uncertain about the future, or carrying fatigue and loneliness that others don’t understand.

    Therapy can be a place to make sense of these shifts. We can make room for grief, adaptation, and new ways of feeling safe in the world.

  • Disability can bring grief, exhaustion, and unexpected shifts into your life. You may be overwhelmed navigating decisions, systems, and emotions that don’t have easy answers, despite your commitment to doing what’s right for your child.

    Therapy is a place to process these experiences without shame or needing to get it “right.”