I have been in private practice for 30 years in the Boston/Cambridge area but like many therapists, I came to this work organically as a function of the role I played in my family and with friends growing up. Being the one everyone turns to is a good start but understanding how you came to adopt that role is just as important. I began my career as a young woman in my twenties and marvel now that anyone would think that I knew anything about emotional health and wellbeing at that young age. My journey has taken me through single motherhood, understanding parenting biracial children as a white woman, directing the counseling center at Brandeis University, and most recently exploring the healing possibilities of restorative/transformative justice through work with survivors and incarcerated men and women. My clinical work is heavily influenced by my social justice passions and understanding how systemic oppression influences both the privileged and more marginalized. This is an important lens through which I view my role as a therapist. I am still a work in progress and enter my therapeutic relationships with humility and awe at the invitation to join my clients on their journey.