Intersectional Counseling for Individuals

Wove Therapy specializes in providing counseling with an intersectional lens. It is our mission to make culturally curious, anti-colonial, anti-racist, liberation oriented, relational therapy accessible to folks with intersecting marginalized identities. We do this by embodying a diverse range of identities as therapists ourselves and caring about what makes you, you. If you are a BIPOC individual or someone with other marginalized identities, consider who you would want to guide you on one of the deepest, most intimate journeys of your life.

What is Counseling?

Counseling refers to a talk-based therapy that engages you in dialogue with your therapist. Effective counseling occurs at a set time, place (in person or remote), and on a regularly recurring schedule. Wove Therapy encourages a weekly session cadence, but more frequent meetings are also possible. The relationship that builds between you and your therapist has great potential and is considered therapeutic in and of itself.

What is Intersectionality?

Intersectional counseling is our speciality at Wove Therapy. The eminent scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw originally coined the term “intersectionality” as a way to frame the unique oppression of African-American women. Since then, intersectionality has been expanded as a framework to discern various forms and consequences of oppression and privilege as it relates to race, class, gender and other characteristics or people. It enables us to see how hierarchies are formed around intersecting identities. It helps therapists understand why your individual condition may be influenced by the structures around you.

Why is Intersectionality relevant in Counseling?

Applying intersectionality to the clinical space is a profound shift in a field which has historically centered cisgender heteronormative whiteness. It is a way to acknowledge and process the harm that is caused by dominant structures by holding space for those in the margins. Intersectionality in counseling and therapy is essential, enriching, and deepening for treatment and the therapeutic relationship.

Counseling is a well established treatment for many emotional and cognitive issues. Being seen and understood plays a factor in your ability to resolve tension in your life. Life is fundamentally stressful, and too often traumatic. When you add flawed systems, inequity, systemic oppression, generational trauma, immigration, politics, and the environmental crisis (the list goes on!), counseling with an intersectional lens becomes essential.

Big picture benefits of counseling include greater life satisfaction and ability to move through the systems you exist in. More specifically, it can address past and current issues you may be struggling with such as:

  • Racial Trauma and Microaggressions

  • LQBTQ+ Issues

  • QPOC Issues

  • Imposter Syndrome

  • Low or Fluctuating Moods

  • Anxiety and Panic

  • Childhood Trauma

  • Past or Present Trauma

  • Intergenerational Trauma

  • Job Stress

  • Relationship and Family Stress

  • Immigration and Acculturation

  • “Third Culture Kid”

  • Biracial and Multiracial Issues

  • Emotional Eating

  • Gender Identity

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Grief

  • Sexual Abuse and Assault

  • Life Transitions

  • Burnout

  • Social Justice Activism

As an inclusive practice, Wove Therapy centers BIPOC, LBGTQ+, first and second generation immigrants, and all folks with marginalized identities. We believe that your lived experiences and intersectional identities deeply impact your well being. We specialize in adults 18 years and up.

Why choose Wove Therapy?

Wove Therapy understands the importance of intersectionality and diverse representation in therapeutic spaces. Our clinical team is a breath of fresh air in a field that has historically centered whiteness. Our therapists utilize a variety of techniques grounded in theory, experience, and research. More important than technique, our therapists’ identities and focus on systemic oppression and privilege make it much more likely that you will develop a strong therapeutic alliance. This is important because the relationship itself can be a mode of change.

Counseling can be a vulnerable experience. Finding the right fit will positively impact your therapy journey.

As an inclusive practice, we offer both in person and remote options for counseling services. In person meetings require consent from both parties.