Best Therapies
You are the expert of your own life, and sometimes we need some support along the way. My main areas of focus include work with neurodivergent disabled queer and gender expansive clients at various intersections of identity, complex trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (e.g. medical and religious trauma, trauma navigating systemic oppression). I also work with folks often othered in the mental health and medical fields, sociocultural identity development, and plurality across the lifespan. I seek to co-create a meaningful, collaborative culturally responsive relationship centering a trauma-focused and healing-centered lens. I incorporate an integrative, relational, strengths-based approach incorporating Dialectical Behavior Therapy, somatic therapies, humor (and puns), narrative therapies, and challenge by consent. I seek to provide an affirming and empowering space, especially for folks at various intersections of identity, who have experienced oppression, trauma, and severe mental health diagnoses across the lifespan. It is important to build a mutually collaborative relationship that provides space for self-reflection and growth. I look forward to connecting!
Specialties
ADHD Anger management Autism Spectrum Disorder Bias and Discrimination Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Chronic Medical Condition Chronic Pain Cultural Adjustment Dissociative Disorders Dual diagnosis Gender Identity Identity Development Intimate Partner Abuse Learning Disability Sexual Orientation Social Anxiety Social Isolation Suicidality Trauma & PTSDInsurance & Payment
In-Network Insurance Plans
Best Therapies is in network for the following plans:
Aetna Blue Cross Blue ShieldPaperwork:
I can provide you with paperwork for reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network sessions.
Claim Submission:
I will complete and submit paperwork on your behalf for reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network sessions.
Rates
Rates not providedLocations
Treatment Approaches
Attachment-based Culturally Sensitive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Eclectic Existential Experiential Therapy Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Feminist Integrative Mind-Body Multicultural Narrative Relational Somatic Strength-Based Trauma FocusedModalities
Couples Family Groups IndividualsAge Groups
Young Children (2-5) Children (6-10) Preteens (11-12) Adolescents (13-17) Young Adults (18-25) Adults (26-64) Seniors (65+)Communities
Activists First-Gen Kink / BDSM LGBQ+ Neurodiverse People of Color People with Disabilities Polyamorous Trans non-binary gender fluidMeeting Options
Qualifications
- Supervisor(s): Tom Doctor
- Supervisor License(s): IL-149020386
More About Me
- Languages Spoken: English
- Race(s): White
- Gender(s): Gender Non-Conforming, Man, Transgender
- Sexual Orientation(s): Queer
- Religion(s): Buddhist, Pagan