My Background
Hi, I’m Zac (they/them). I am a fat, queer, nonbinary, and neurodivergent therapist. As a licensed social worker, creative, and community-oriented human, I want you to feel safe bringing your full self into our work together without fear of judgment, rejection, or feeling like you need to mask who you are. I believe strongly in the importance of connection, prioritizing things that bring us joy, and staying curious about ourselves and our experiences. Those values guide the way I approach therapy and shape the space we create together.
How I work
I use Relational-Cultural Therapy (RCT) as a guiding framework, while tailoring our work to your unique needs, goals, identities, and lived experiences. Depending on what feels supportive for you, I may also integrate mindfulness, therapeutic art-making, realistic self-care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), social justice and feminist theory, and fat and body liberation work. Transparency and collaboration are central to my approach, and I want you to feel empowered, informed, and actively involved in shaping our work together.
I specialize in supporting LGBTQIA+ folx, neurodivergent clients, individuals with interpersonal and family-of-origin trauma, people navigating burnout and workplace trauma, and men over 40 newer to therapy. Above all, I hope our work together helps you feel more connected to yourself, your relationships, your community, and the possibility of living more fully as yourself.
- My specializations include:
- Anxiety
- ADHD, Autistic, & Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy
- Burnout & Workplace Trauma
- Depression
- Fat Liberation & Fat Positivity
- Grief & Loss
- History of Homelessness
- LGBTQIA+, Queer & Trans folx
- Mindfulness & Self-Compassion
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Older men new to therapy
- Religious Trauma
- Trauma in all its forms: Chronic, family-of-origin, interpersonal violence, PTSD and C-PTSD
My Experience
For more than 10 years, I have worked in a variety of community-based settings supporting people struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, burnout, relationship difficulties, identity exploration, chronic stress, systemic oppression, housing instability, and major life transitions. My background includes psychotherapy, crisis support, intensive case management, and facilitating groups, all of which inform the collaborative, trauma-informed care I provide today.
My fees:
Standard fee
Individual: $100 per session
Couples: $150 per session
Sliding scale: $90 for individual sessions, $120 for couples