howdy, i’m alison (she/they)

Welcome. :~) I’m a depth-oriented psychotherapist supporting adults who have experienced early, enduring trauma and complex grief. I hold the belief that trauma work is soul work, and my role is to accompany you on your way back home to yourself.

I’m moved by how people adapt and grow — like native grasses and wildflowers — in response to loss, trauma, and dysfunction. Alike the prairie biome, our deep root systems retain wisdom and nourishment for a generative life if we allow ourselves to be guided by curiosity and care. I hold a deep reverence for my client’s life stories, and draw from a variety of clinical learning to support each person’s process which you can read more about here. 

I’ve worked as a therapist in Chicago at community-based clinics, nonprofits, and in private practice since 2017. My clinical work is informed by my own rambling path through care work, creative practice, and community organizing. Previously, I was a teaching artist and have been told I approach therapy with a poetic sensibility too.

I have lovingly returned to the grasslands that raised me (Kansas City, MO) within the unceded territory of many Indigenous Nations, including the Kiikaapoi, Kaw/Kansa, Osage, Shawnee, Nutachi, Oceti Sakowin, and Otoe-Missouria tribes at the confluence of the Kaw and Big Muddy.