About Me

photo by: Jeremi Hanson

I'M RYN they/them

(pronounced "rin")

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 psychology, liberation psychology, humanistic psychology, and Buddhism. I'm vegan and lean enthusiastically toward non-violence, anti-capitalism, decolonization, and transformative justice.  I am grateful to be in the practice of cultivating relationships with my ancestors to heal my lineages & reconnect with land, and 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 believe we are incredibly adaptive and creative in the ways that we support ourselves in coping with and healing from traumatic experiences. I trust that you are the expert of your own experience, and accept and welcome you and all of your parts, exactly as you are. And, as you're ready, I want to help you get more free :).