Find Your Inner Light
Therapy for Black and queer high achievers in New York
Stop the doubt. Bring out your confident light.
I help Black and queer high achievers who are doing well on paper and quietly exhausted underneath. My clients carry the inner voice that says they do not belong here, despite the credentials and the work. They feel the pressure of being the only one in the room, and the weight of holding it together for everyone else while their own doubt has nowhere to go.
They are successful by every measure. The degrees, the promotions, people saying they are doing great. Inside, they carry a different story. One that wonders if they have been pretending the whole time, and if today is the day someone figures them out.
Before therapy, it can feel like your goals will never feel like enough. That nobody would understand how someone like you, with everything you have built, could feel this much doubt. The lack of self-compassion keeps you stuck, afraid to move forward in case the next move is the wrong one.
You do not have to do this alone. You deserve to live by your values and succeed while doing it. Confidence in your decision-making is not out of your reach.
What I Help With
i. Imposter syndrome & self-doubt
The voice that says you do not belong here, despite the credentials and the work. We name it, work with it, and stop letting it run the show.
ii. Identity & belonging
Being Black, queer, or both in a society that disregards you and asks you to work twice as hard for the same recognition. The cost of code-switching. The loneliness of being the only one in the room. The work of building a self that is not defined by other people’s expectations.
iii. High-achiever pressure & burnout
The exhaustion of always being on. The fear that slowing down means falling behind. Learning to set a pace you can actually sustain without dropping the parts of your life that matter.
iv. Anxiety & overwhelm
When your brain will not stop running the worst-case scenario. We work on what is driving the spiral and what helps you come back to the moment you are actually in.
v. Life transitions
New job, new city, new relationship, new chapter. The grief and excitement of letting one version of your life end so the next can begin.
vi. Women’s issues
Navigating careers, relationships, family expectations, and the labor of being everything to everyone. We make space for what you actually want, not just what is being asked of you.
As a Black, queer therapist and a New York native, I work with clients who often feel like they have to prove themselves twice over. I know what that costs. I also know it does not have to keep costing you.
A Bit About How I Work
Who I Work With
Black and queer adults in New York who are high-achieving on the outside and exhausted on the inside. Some are mid-career professionals carrying imposter syndrome. Some are navigating identity and belonging in spaces that were not built with them in mind. Some are doing it all and quietly running on empty. All are welcome.
How I Work
I am solution-focused, which means we spend less time on what is wrong and more time on the strengths you already use to get through hard things. We name what is working, build on it, and try the next step together. Without judgment, and without turning your experience into a diagnosis.
What Sessions Feel Like
50 minutes, weekly, virtual across New York. Sessions are collaborative. You bring what is on your mind. I bring the questions and the framework to help you sort it. We move at a pace that respects what you are carrying.
Ready to start?
You do not need to come in already healed or figured out. Coming in is the work. If you are a Black or queer adult doing well on paper and quietly exhausted underneath, I would be honored to help you stop the doubt and find your confident light.