About me

Hi, I'm Hannah! 

I am passionate about working with people who are feeling ready to more deeply understand themselves, uncover and heal wounds of all kinds, and transform patterns in their lives to be more supportive and functional. As someone who exists in a plus-size and chronically ill body, disability justice is baked into how I interface with the world and with my clients. I truly believe that therapy is for everyone who wants it or needs it.

I earned my BA in psychology from Portland State University before taking a few year break to “just be a person” for a while before returning to Portland State University to pursue my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I came to counseling not only for the common reasons that someone might become a therapist, but also because I noticed a significant gap in mental health care. So many neurodiverse folks were falling through the gaps, sometimes due to poor past experiences with therapy, feeling anxious about being potentially misunderstood, or any number of other reasons. Do I think I can fully fill that gap by myself? Certainly not, but I am proud to be a neurodivergent counselor and hold myself to a high standard of providing quality care to folks who may have felt wronged by the therapy world in the past. 

I am someone who holds both privileged and marginalized identities. I’m a genderqueer lesbian who is AuDHD and manages daily chronic illness. I am white and was raised in a mostly white area, and was not exposed to a lot of diversity as a young person. As such, I welcome discussion and exploration in the therapy space of the ways in which my clients are different from me, just as much as the ways they might be similar to me.

Read more below to learn about how I work, the populations I’m drawn to, the insurance I accept, and my specialty areas.