About Me

photo by: Jeremi Hanson
I'M RYN they/them
(pronounced "rin")
I offer therapy because, honestly, I love to love. It feels good in my body to create a gentle, generous, and generative space for my clients to become more fully themselves.
I was born and raised in Southeastern Michigan, in the land of the Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox), Mississauga, Anishinabewaki, Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi), Wyandot, and Peoria people, and have been a settler on stolen Lisjan Ohlone land since 2013. I come from families of Italian, Irish, Swedish, and Norwegian immigrants, and am of the second and third generations of settlers on Turtle Island.
I am guided by principles of gestalt, liberation, and humanistic psychologies, Internal Family Systems, and Buddhist teachings. I'm vegan and am learning to practice non-violence, anti-capitalism, decolonization, and ancestral connection & healing. I actively practice dismantling white supremacy in myself and healing from its embodiment in community.
One beautiful human that I've had the joy of working with once described our work in therapy as "co-creating freedom." I do feel like my work as a therapist supports my own expanding freedom, and if you're ready, I want to help you feel more free, too :).
I identify as...
- White, queer, transmasc/nonbinary, neuroqueer (adhd)
- Progressive/radical/leftist/intersectional feminist
- Artist and musician
I dream about...
- Futures beyond empire, interdependence and mutual aid, generosity-based economics
- Giggling with my siblings and niblings
- Traveling and eating yummy vegan food
- Songs I'm writing
I'm reading and listening to...
- Beating Heart Baby - Lio Min
- Thrust - Lydia Yuknavitch
- The Secure Love Podcast - Julie Mennano
- Ghost of a Podcast - Jessica Lanyadoo
- How to Survive the End of the World podcast - adrienne marie brown and Autumn Brown

