How can I help?

You're at a crossroads. Maybe you're ready to take your next steps, and seeking guidance. Maybe you're not sure, still doubting whether you could make the changes you know you need in your life, your identity, or your relationships. Either way, looking here is an expression of hope in the possibility of change. I believe anyone can change their life, heal and grow, if you feel safe enough to be vulnerable and you have the right support. What I offer is calm non-judgment, and navigation for healing pain, resolving ambivalence, finding joy, and facing hardships, grounded in your authentic self and values.

I have a depathologizing view of mental health issues: I believe that most of what is diagnosed as mental illness is not a problem innate to the individual, but a predictable outcome of persecution, exploitation, and cycles of trauma. As such I believe that systemic social change through an intersectional, anti-oppression framework is part and parcel of promoting mental and emotional well-being. For this reason I stand up for the marginalized communities I belong to and actively work to undermine the privileges I hold (by working against racism and imperialism, and by learning from economic and environmental justice, Disability, Fat-positive, and other movements). I assume that my clients know more about their particular set of identities and circumstances than I do, and I adopt a stance of cultural humility to align with their worldview.

My methods

EXPERIENCE

Motivational interviewing

Motivational interviewing is a modality for strengthening one's internal motivations for change, to sort through ambivalence.

Solutions-focused therapy

Solutions-focused questioning is a framework that helps us stay oriented toward goals and strengths, and build on past successes

Trauma therapy

EMDR therapy is an evidence-based trauma treatment that helps process painful memories, so that they are tolerable to think about. I trained in other trauma therapies as well.

Anti-oppressive and eclectic therapy

My lens is client-centered, gender-affirming, strengths-based, intersectional, trauma-focused, and rooted in lived experience. I borrow techniques eclectically from other approaches (such as narrative therapy, DBT, ACT, and parts work)

Trying my best to learn

EDUCATION

University of Michigan

School of Social Work

Master's degree in Social Work
2016

Michigan State University

Residential College in the Arts & Humanities

Bachelor's degree in Arts & Humanities
Minor in French
2012

Education

Licenses and Certifications

Experience

LMSW-C, Michigan

LCSW, North Carolina

CAADC, MCBAP, Michigan

EMDR Trained, EMDRIA

Connally Counseling

Group psychotherapy practice clinical supervisor
2023-present

Affirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center

Behavioral health program manager
2021-2023

Child & Family Charities

Youth shelter clinical supervisor
2019-2021

Co-occurring mental health and SUD therapist
2017-2019

Have any questions?

If you have any questions about the therapies, feel free to contact us.

Tonna K., former co-therapist

"Zoe is a deeply empathetic person, who connects with others in a way that makes them feel seen and heard while creating a safe, accepting, and understanding space to experience insights and growth in. I am grateful to have worked with her."

Marisol D., former co-worker

"Have you ever listened to an orchestral piece that is calming and centering with an undercurrent of intense power that swells unexpectedly in key moments? That’s our Zoe"

How others have described me

TESTIMONIALS