Clients come to therapy with pain, uncertainty,
and big questions.

Am I being authentic?

How do I set boundaries and make my relationships better? 

What’s the point of life?

Is something wrong with me?

When will I figure out how to heal?

Where do I belong?

I would love to explore these questions with you, and maybe even find some answers.

I work with you to create a safe-enough (because safety is only relative) relationship where you can be vulnerable, look into the dark corners of your mind, and honor all parts of yourself. Where I offer witnessing, connection, compassion, and the occasional insight. A relationship that can hold you as you deepen and heal your connection with yourself and with chosen family and friends.

I know you can find your way to a fulfilling life. One where you live with radical authenticity, resilience, and joy.
It’s time to come home to yourself.

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What I bring to our sessions

Discerning questions to help you get to know yourself better.

Curiosity about all aspects of who you are and how you understand the world.

Gentle challenges within a relationship of support and care.

Collaboration in finding the internal resources you have and the ones you want to develop..

Acceptance of the complexity of human experience, especially painful, traumatic,
distressing, or damaging events (no matter what your role was).

Holding space for all of your qualities, feelings, and experiences (every single one!).

An integrative approach including emotional, intellectual, creative, and body-based practices.

An anti-oppressive orientation. Systemic oppression creates suffering and affects how we
approach healing and empowerment. Cultural humility, not cultural competency.

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Affirming support

Some experiences my clients have:

• Grief and loss
• Gender identity questions
• Alternative sexualities
• Oppression and marginalization
• Chronic illness and disability

• Identity exploration
• Relationship and communication difficulties
• Bipolar
  
• Depression
• Suicidality

However, if you think you'd benefit from my specific approach to therapy and don't see yourself represented here, get in touch anyway! Therapy is less about working on a particular issue or diagnosis than with a wonderfully complex whole person.

I enjoy working with clients with all kinds of sexualities: queer, kinky, polyamorous/ENM, ace, aro, you name it. And I know that sometimes what you want to work on has nothing to do with your sexuality, and sometimes it does.

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A bit about me

My approach to this work is existential, liberationist, and internal family systems informed.

I’m a white (Irish, English, and German descent), queer, invisibly disabled trans man. My values include dismantling white supremacy, a commitment to disability justice, supporting intersectional feminism and fat liberation, embracing neurodiversity, supporting sex workers, and affirming all genders, sexualities, and relationship structures.

I also believe in being a therapy client. The more I do my own work, the more fully I can show up for my clients.

I am committed to liberation for everyone. Black, Indigenous, and brown people; queer and trans people; fat people; disabled people; neurodivergent people-everyone.

I spend time learning about my own privilege, challenging my biases, and striving to become a better accomplice. I am aware that my field is and has been harmful to marginalized folks and find ways to work outside the values I was handed in school so I can minimize harm in the therapy room. I seek further training from folks in marginalized communities.

And I always hold your lived experience as the core truth in our work together.

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Want to get started? Find answers to common questions on my contact page or send me an email at augustin@augustinkendalltherapy.com.