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, liberation, and humanistic psychologies, Internal Family Systems, and Buddhist teachings. I'm vegan and practice non-violence - though I honor that some forms of resistance include violence.  I lean into ways of practicing 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 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 :).