SESSION LOGISTICS: All sessions are audio / phone meetings except for astrology and cartomancy readings. I offer asynchronous support through video / audio recordings when health makes live calls challenging. 

AGE: I only work with people 18 years of age and older. If that’s not you, wait until you’ve crossed that threshold, after which point I’ll gladly meet with you!

SCHEDULING: I don’t offer refunds if a client decides to stop working with me after booking a session, and no-shows are non-refundable / non-transferable to other dates. (Being 15+ minutes late to a session also constitutes a missed session.) That said, a free reschedule is possible in the event of medical issues, preferably with 24+ hours advance notice. If you want to reschedule for non-medical reasons within 24 hours of a session, I charge a $50 reschedule fee.

Please note: some health conditions I have require that I take days off on occasion. I do my best to give advance notice if a meeting time / date needs to change, and I give you the option of a full refund if rescheduling proves too tricky. Clients who need more a predictable provider (which would be understandable!) should not work with me. If you also struggle with disability or chronic illness and scheduling calls is challenging, let me know so we can establish a rhythm / system that works well for both of us.

As mentioned above in the FAQ section, the care I offer does not replace therapy, medical support, pastoral/ministerial care, financial advice, or legal counsel. I am not an ordained minister and cannot perform the functions of such a role, including sacraments. My offerings are meant complements other care modalities you need or choose to use.

Whenever I’m unable or unqualified to support someone through something, I share other relevant, external resources with them as able. I promise to show up to the best of my abilities and offer the best care that I can while also being honest about where my capacities / credentials end.

Additional support between sessions is not included in the cost of service, but messaging for technical / logistical support is fine.

I’m not available 24/7 and am not the right person to contact during an emergency. If you’re ever in a situation in which you need immediate assistance, I encourage you to contact people you trust and organizations that can properly support you. In the US, calling United Way’s national 211 hotline can be a very helpful resource in times of need. Additionally, non-police / non-carceral care resources can be found here.

Because spiritual care touches the deepest parts of us, it can bring up unexpected and sometimes difficult emotions. This is normal and to be expected. I promise to hold space for you as best and as responsibly as I can throughout our sessions and will recommend additional care resources if and when that seems appropriate. I commit to doing everything I can to ensure our sessions are generative and help you feel safe, empowered, sovereign, and rooted in strength and agency. I take my responsibilities as a care provider seriously and promise to offer you the best care I can whenever we interact.

Relatedly, as a sovereign adult who is blessed with the gifts of free will and agency, you’re responsible for any decisions you make or actions you take before, during, and after our sessions. Additionally, while I promise to do everything I can to make our sessions supportive, it’s your responsibility to name when something isn’t working for you. Naming your needs explicitly and promptly ensures I’m fully aware of them, which helps me make adjustments quickly so you receive the best care possible.

One of the beautiful and challenging things about the work I do is that there isn’t a formal body that creates standardized certifications for offering these services. In the United States, spiritual directors, tarot readers, dream workers, and many other types of care providers don’t need to complete specific trainings to offer their services. This allows for incredible flexibility and diversity of services, but also creates vagueness regarding who practitioners respond to, especially when concerns emerge in their practice. As a result, it’s essential that I explain how I continue to invest in my growth and how I address missteps in my work.

I engage in supervisory mentorship and peer-mentorship processes to ensure my continued professional (and personal) growth. These settings assist me in learning from mistakes and missteps so I offer increasingly better care over time. Additionally, I work regularly with a therapist, coaches, Twelve Step sponsors, a spiritual director, and other mentors, all of whom assist me in seeing myself more clearly. When necessary, they help me address challenges in my professional (and personal) life.

Every client I meet with is invited to complete an anonymous feedback form to tell me how their session went. For clients I meet with regularly, I provide repeated opportunities to discuss how our care process is going.

None of this ensures I won’t make mistakes, and I readily acknowledge I’m not perfect at what I do (not that perfection is the goal). But this all helps me learn from my missteps and mend that which needs mending.

If you ever have an issue pertaining to my practice of care practice, I welcome your feedback and honor the vulnerability it takes to share such grievances. You’re welcome to share this during a session, or message me outside of sessions so your paid time isn’t used for that purpose. If it feels helpful, I’ll offer some free time to discuss the matter outside of normal sessions.

Confidentiality is a crucial part of any care practice and I take your privacy very seriously.

As mentioned above, I engage in supervisory mentorship and peer-mentorship processes to ensure I continue to grow and remain accountable in my work. In such settings, I sometimes share instances of my work with clients. If I speak about an interaction I had with you in these mentorship contexts, I will remove identifying details to ensure your identity remains anonymous.

That said, please understand that if you express serious intent or plans to harm yourself or someone else during our time together, or if you disclose a situation in which someone in your care is being willfully neglected, I will do what I can to assist all parties in remaining safe or regaining safety. This may include breaching confidentiality to reach out to an emergency contact or connect you with harm-reduction / crisis-response resources in your area. I would do all of this with as much attention to honoring your agency as possible every step of the way and avoiding police / carceral systems, all while prioritizing the safety of everyone involved.

If you are in a crisis or emergency situation, I encourage you to reach out to others for support who are equipped to help. In the US, calling United Way’s national 211 hotline is often a helpful resource. Additionally, you can find some non-police / non-carceral crisis response resources here.

I have spent many years offering spiritual care to individuals and groups and have completed a lot of relevant training. Many people and institutions have served as my teachers, and the list of trainings I’ve completed is extensive. Details about all the courses, practicums, and education I’ve undergone can be found on the My Story & Credentials page.

That said, I’m not a keeper of knowledge others don’t already possess within themselves. My role is that of companion, akin to a midwife — one who assists people in further enfleshing and honoring the divinity nested within and beyond them.

Some important logistical stuff about working with me include:

• PHONE / ZOOM: All sessions occur over the phone or Zoom (this depends on the session; we’ll discuss this during the booking process). Be sure to have the Zoom app downloaded before our session, a device from which to use it, and stable internet / phone reception at the time of our session.

• WHAT TO BRING: There’s no need to bring anything except yourself and your digital device. A notebook and pen might be helpful, but aren’t necessary. You’re also welcome to bring whatever helps you feel grounded and supported.

• SCHEDULING: Please read and respect my policies surrounding scheduling, rescheduling, cancelling, missing, and arriving late to sessions. These are listed below and restated at the time of booking.

• BUFFER TIME: Scheduling some buffer time before and after sessions can help you receive and integrate our discussion fully, but that’s up to you.

I humbly (yet fervently) seek to further a specific mission: that of collective liberation and spiritual flourishing for all beings. My work is as much about devotion to the sacred as it is about shifting socio-political systems that deny the inherent divinity of all beings. The support I offer clients is intended to impact private lives as well as entire ecosystems. To read a much fuller version of my mission and vision, visit the Vision & Principles page.

No. Spiritual care should never be framed as a replacement for other forms of care. It can serve as a beautiful complement to all care modalities you need or choose to work with, but it does not, cannot, and is not meant to replace them.

I myself work regularly with a spiritual director, a therapist, a Twelve Step sponsor, a somatic coach, medical providers, and other supportive figures who help me better understand myself (including my relationship to divinity). Each of these individuals / settings offer unique and distinct forms of care, all of which work beautifully together. I encourage people to establish as diverse an ecosystem of support as possible so the whole of who they are is well-tended.

WHAT MY WORK IS NOT:

• Therapy or medical care: While spiritual care can be therapeutic, it isn’t therapy and doesn’t replace the support of a therapist (or any other medical or professional provider). There are no “goals,” “treatments,” or “diagnoses” in the care I offer. There is only the witnessing of the divine’s movement in the participant's life and the discerning of what that movement is inviting in them. Questions, rather than answers, take center stage, and the unknown is considered a generative space along the journey. Intentions and aspirations are certainly welcome, but we allow those to shift in light of the divine’s influence on our lives.

• Pastoral care or coaching: My offerings are also distinct from chaplaincy, pastoral ministry, and other forms of spiritual leadership or care. For example, I am not a coach who prescribes a regimen for you to accomplish a precise goal in xyz number of weeks. That is simply not how spiritual deepening unfurls, in my experience. Even in the time-bound or themed containers I hold, there is always ample room for the movement of Spirit to influence the process and the outcome. I am also not ordained and cannot perform the functions of clergy (for example, I do not perform the duties of a Christian pastor, such as presiding over formal baptisms). There is no prescribed dogma associated with the spiritual care I offer and no expectation that participants have (or adopt) particular beliefs or practices. A participant’s journey is unique, and I respect and celebrate this.

• Legal or financial advice: I never give financial or legal advice because I’m not qualified to offer it.

Yes. I have been educated in how to offer trauma-informed care through multiple trainings and various jobs I’ve held, including my spiritual direction practicum, pastoral care education, chaplaincy work, and more. I never seek to exacerbate a client’s trauma. At the same time, I don’t believe in avoiding trauma; the only way to heal such wounds is to tend them, and that requires us to engage with them. Whenever a client feels ready to do so, I collaborate with them in exploring the wisdom and sanctity of their spiritual scars and injuries.

As someone with a deep, longstanding relationship with trauma, I know from personal experience that discussing certain facets of oneself and one’s experiences can be difficult and triggering, including (and sometimes especially) in a spiritual context. I also know that sharing trauma in the presence of a trusted provider can be profoundly healing when the experience is tended well. I promise to move at the pace of those I meet with, to listen deeply without prying, and to be clear about the care I am (and am not) qualified to offer so participants know what to expect from me. Participants’ needs are central to any care process, and I will work to meet those needs to the best of my abilities. I will also let participants know where my capacities and credentials end to ensure proper support is found elsewhere when necessary.

As a neurodivergent and disabled person, I strive to make my offerings as accessible as possible.

Having virtual sessions means we can chat from wherever we’re located (and to be clear: beds and wheelchairs are wonderful spots to call into a session from! PJs are also welcome.). I’m more than happy to set up live-transcript during calls, and we meet with cameras off to support folks with visual or sensory processing disorders (except for visual offerings like tarot readings). Stimming, hand-flapping, rocking, and other self-regulating behaviors are also welcome during my sessions.

I send a questionnaire before we meet to assess your accessibility needs, so I know exactly what support is helpful for you.

Last, but not least: if a client’s disability or illness is so severe that scheduling live sessions isn’t feasible, I offer asynchronous options on a case-by-case basis. If you’re interested in this, email me to discuss possibilities.

A relationship centered on providing or seeking spiritual care should never be forced. Feelings of safety and resonance between client and provider are paramount for establishing and sustaining an ethical and fruitful dynamic.

There is never any obligation for someone to meet with me, nor is there any obligation for a client to continue meeting with me. If a client decides I’m no longer the right person for them to work with, I respect this and help them find another provider to the best of my ability. (Of course, if a client purchased multiple sessions and chooses to discontinue receiving services partway through our agreed timeline, my cancellation policies — which are listed below — apply.)

If for any reason my offerings aren’t like a good fit, a great resource for finding other spiritual care providers is Spiritual Directors International. Queer Healers is another great resource. Your local area may also have spiritual care centers where you can receive support.

I am committed to pushing back against systems that make financial scarcity a reality for so many. In cases of economic hardship, I offer payments plans that need to be paid in full before a given session takes place. If other clients donate to my scholarship fund, I offer scholarships to those who need it as able. All of that said, I don’t offer sliding scale pricing because I price my offerings in accordance with my own financial needs.

Group offerings, when available, are often a cheaper way to work with me than 1:1 work. I encourage you to partake in those when I hold group space.

Lastly, in case this isn’t clear: I am not the only person who does this kind of work. You can find many other spiritual care providers through Spiritual Directors International, Queer Healers, and other networks whose prices might be more accessible.

I wish to affirm that financial hardship is unjust. We all deserve to have ready access to resources, including care providers. Our governments should guarantee this through healthy social, economic, and political systems; if they can’t or won’t, they’re failing in their basic obligations to the people. I pray that one day our social systems eliminate poverty and offer sustainable abundance. Until then, may we challenge oppressive hierarchies and scarcity narratives to help create a more equitable world however is feasible for each of us.

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