Anna Strick, Clinical Intern

When you commit to therapy, you are saying, "I would like something to change". True healing is not finding a quick fix; it is uncovering deeper somatic, attachment, intergenerational, and trauma-based responses, and then looking at these habits for information. We will then move at your pace to explore new capacities.

I see therapy as a way to help clients self-actualize: to become your fullest self and reach your greatest potential, socially, professionally, creatively, or spiritually! Areas of stuckness may involve old wounds, new challenging relationships, loss or uncertainty. Our society doesn’t really prepare us to be our best selves without a little help.
 

My approach is trauma-informed and centers Polyvagal Theory, Relational-Cultural Theory, Narrative Therapy, Attachment Theory, nature-based therapy, and anti-oppressive liberatory approaches. These modalities are adapted to help clients seek their own answers, live into their authentic selves, and develop fulfilling relationships, in spite of a largely oppressive cultural hegemony.

Some people feel more comfortable working in relationships of certain shared identities. I identify as a white, genderqueer, bi/pansexual person of small size and short stature and as a low-income person raised middle class with a high degree of social capital. I’ve been described as gentle, curious, patient, tactful, and passionate about community, equity, and restorative justice.