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I work in private practice in New York City, both virtually and in-person. Prior to becoming a therapist, I had a modest career as a musical theatre performer and director. Though life has led me toward a different career path, I attribute the arts with fostering the compassion and curiosity necessary to work effectively with clients. I am trained in AEDP, EFT, and ERP, and enjoy working with clients through an emotion-focused, relational, and social justice-oriented lens. My devotion to the principles of HAES emerged from my own stigmatizing experiences with medical professionals, and how affirming it was to find providers who were aligned with the HAES principles. Fatness bred, in me, a certain hypervigilance wherein I was persistently scanning my environment for "safe" people- people who would treat me with respect and humanity regardless of size. Upon finding them, I knew it was my deepest desire to become somebody with whom people felt safe. However, I recognize that I am not at all among the most marginalized. I am small-fat, I am cisgender, and I am white. My advocacy is one of action, but it is (perhaps more importantly) one of listening. Listening to and affirming the experiences of those most marginalized among our community, and respectfully taking their lead. I have been working through a Health at Every Size lens since my career's inception. My practice is comprised primarily of folks who hold both fat and queer identities.