CJ is an integrative systemic therapist and pulls from many therapy models to create a client-centered, tailored experience that values authenticity, compassion, mindfulness, and humor. They provide individual, relationship, and sex therapy and welcome all configurations of partners & family members to participate in sessions. In the therapy room, CJ prioritizes a stance that is affirming and non-pathologizing, while also challenging clients at their growing edge and empowering them through knowledge.

CJ works through a culturally-sensitive lens and defers to her clients as the experts on their own experiences. They seek to create an environment that is affirming, inclusive, and celebratory of queer and gender-expansive folx, as well as the polyam/ENM and kink communities. They are trauma-informed, sex work-affirming, and knowledgeable in adult neurodiversity. With a long history in the performing arts, CJ has a special affinity with those in creative & non-traditional professions. They look forward to co-creating your therapeutic experience with you, no matter where you meet along the journey.

Special clinical interests include (but are not limited to):

• consensual/ethical non-monogamy (CNM/ENM), polyamory, & “opening up”
• developing gender identity/expression & navigating transition
• kink/fetish/BDSM dynamics & healing through safe/consensual experiences
• improving communication & building intimacy
• intentional monogamy & navigating affairs/infidelity
• lived experiences of AFAB people
  • fertility, pregnancy & postpartum, PMDD & PME, perimenopause &
    menopause, navigating the healthcare system, etc.
• coming out & comp-het
• creatives (musicians/actors/artists/writers/etc.)
• therapy for therapists & other helping professions
• codependency & adult children of alcoholics (ACoA)
• people-pleasing/perfectionism (& divesting from systems that promote these)
• attachment, Parts/IFS, emotionally-focused, & family-of-origin work
• trauma healing/recovery & sex after trauma/CSA
• adult neurodivergence (ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, OCD) in individuals & relationships
  • specializing in late-diagnosis, “neuroqueer” identity, & mixed neurotype
    relationships

CJ understands that a therapist’s social location and lived experience may be important to her clients. They are proud to openly identify as a member of the queer, gender-expansive, polyamorous, and neurodivergent (AuDHD) communities, as well as being a secular clinician, a parent, and a partner. CJ is committed to their own continued humility and growth through the frameworks of disability justice, anti-racism, and intersectionality.

CJ is an AAMFT Clinical Fellow, a member of AASECT, and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson University’s Couple & Family Therapy program with a specialization in Sex Therapy, where they received a departmental award for their research project on Emotionally-Focused Therapy with couples. They are a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level II (CCTP-II), a guest lecturer on topics such as gender-affirming & trauma-informed care, and also provide clinical supervision.

Selected Additional Trainings:

• Complex Trauma Certification with Janina Fisher (Levels I & II)
• EMDR Immersion & Parts Work for Complex Trauma
• Healing Trauma Through Kink (TASHRA)
• Empowering Trans Erotic Wellness with Dr. Damon Constantinides
• Somatic Tools for Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Therapy for Neurodivergent Couples (PCEFT)
• “Sessions Live” with Esther Perel
• Integrative Medicine & Nutrition for PTSD & Complex Trauma
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Trauma & Anxiety
• Gottman Couple Therapy (Levels I & II)