How I Work
My work is grounded in lived experience, deep listening, and a commitment to meeting people and organizations with respect, curiosity, and possibility. I don’t diagnose or treat — I bring over a decade of peer support practice, social justice values, and real-world strategies for working with voices, visions, unusual beliefs, mood challenges, intense emotions, and other struggles that don’t always fit neatly into medical frameworks.
Whether I’m supporting someone one-to-one, working with an organization or clinicians, supervising peer specialists, or facilitating Hearing Voices Network groups, my focus is the same: creating spaces that honor complexity, nurture trust, and make room for people to move toward lives that feel meaningful and self-directed.
If this approach resonates with you, I invite you to see what’s possible together.
Services
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INDIVIDUAL PEER SUPPORT
My peer support work is grounded in mutuality, connection, and respect for your lived experience — not a traditional clinical lens. I’m someone who continues to navigate psychosis and other mental health challenges, and I understand how isolating that can feel. Recovery doesn’t mean the absence of struggle, and you don’t have to do this alone.
Whether you’re living with psychosis or facing another life challenge, we can explore practical strategies, strengthen self-advocacy, and create meaningful pathways toward the life you want.
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CONSULTING
I support clinicians, programs, and organizations in developing a more human, meaning-centered understanding of voices, visions, unusual beliefs, and other psychosis-related experiences. My approach bridges peer wisdom and clinical frameworks in practical, grounded ways.
Together, we can build environments that reduce harm, increase trust, and support recovery-oriented, relational care within complex systems.
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SPEAKING
I’m an experienced speaker and lived-experience educator available for classrooms, trainings, conferences, and community events. I speak on psychosis, extreme states, stigma, discrimination, human rights, peer support, and culture change within mental health systems.
I’m also available for facilitated Q&A sessions for organizations using the Reframing Psychosis Spectrum Experiences course, offered in a group format.
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HEARING VOICES GROUP FACILITATION
I facilitate Hearing Voices groups for organizations, programs, and private practices, or support teams in building groups from the ground up. These groups center storytelling while opening space for meaning-making, strategy development, and identity exploration.
Participants find connection, validation, and community within an international movement where people feel seen, believed, and supported.
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PEER SUPERVISION
I offer peer-to-peer supervision rooted in lived experience, mutuality, and respect for the emotional and ethical complexity of peer work. I bring years of experience building and leading peer teams within large mental health systems.
I support programs without a dedicated peer supervisor and offer individual or group supervision — ongoing, quarterly, or as needed.
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FAMILY & PARTNER SUPPORT
Supporting someone who experiences voices, visions, or unusual beliefs can feel complex and emotionally layered. I work with families and partners to better understand these deeply personal experiences without pathologizing or rushing change.
Together, we focus on building trust, improving communication, and finding ways to offer support that respect the person’s autonomy, boundaries, and pace.
What it costs and why:
Rates & Tiers
Individual Peer Support
Sessions are 60 minutes.
Accessible Tier — $60 per session
For those with limited income.
Standard Tier — $80 per session
Covers my time and experience.
Supporter Tier — $100 per session
Sustains my work and helps subsidize lower-cost spots.
Note: Paying what you can at the higher tiers helps make this work sustainable and allows me to keep space open for people who need more affordable options.
Peer Supervision
Rates for peer supervision depend on the number of participants, whether it’s one-on-one or group supervision, and whether it’s a one-time consultation, guest session, or an ongoing contract. I’m happy to co-create a plan that supports your peer team and fits your budget.
Consulting
Rates for consulting are determined by the scope and length of the project. I’m happy to talk through your goals — whether you’re an organization, a clinician, or another professional — and create a plan that fits your needs and budget.
Speaking
Speaking rates vary depending on the venue, audience, and length of the engagement. I aim to work within your budget whenever possible — please reach out to discuss your event or training needs.
Hearing Voices Network Group Facilitation
Rates depend on the length and frequency of sessions — I can facilitate 60- or 90-minute groups on a weekly, biweekly, or custom schedule. Weekly or biweekly is often best for building trust and consistency. We’ll co-create an arrangement that fits your participants’ needs and your budget.
FAQ
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Peer support is grounded in mutuality and shared experience, not a clinical or diagnostic lens. I bring tools and innovative strategies that come directly from the lived experience community — things you won’t always find in traditional therapy spaces.
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My approach recognizes that our mental health is shaped by more than just individual struggles — it’s also impacted by systems, oppression, and how society treats difference. I center people and communities that have often been marginalized, especially those with experiences often labeled as psychosis. My work draws from the lineage of the international Hearing Voices Movement, which protects our right to make meaning, use the language that fits, and create lives with and beyond these experiences — imagining a world more liberatory than mental health care alone.
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That’s completely fine. One of the foundations of this work is that you choose the language that fits you — you also don’t have to use my words, like voices or visions. It’s part of the meaning-making process, and you’re free to change your language at any time. That’s something we can explore together, if you choose.
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I primarily offer peer support online (by Zoom), but I’m open to talking about in-person sessions if the location makes sense for both of us. I’m located north of Boston in Massachusetts, and some people choose to meet virtually most of the time and occasionally in person. If that’s something you’d like to explore, please reach out — we can talk through what might work best.
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Our first session is a chance for us to get to know each other. You can share as much or as little of your story as you’d like. I’ll share more about my background, how I work, and some of the approaches we could explore together — like voice mapping, dialoguing, or meaning-making. We’ll talk through what support has been helpful and not so helpful for you in the past and co-create a direction for our work together.
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You don’t have to commit to anything upfront. Some people meet with me just once or twice — but working together for a while can give us more space to explore your experiences, try new strategies, and build a deeper relationship that supports what you need. Peer support is always voluntary. I will never pressure you to meet with me.
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Absolutely. Many people work with me alongside traditional mental health support. I receive my own clinical support too — peer support doesn’t replace your other care if you don’t want it to.
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My primary priority is supporting people with lived experience directly — that’s the heart of my work. However, I do offer a limited amount of support for families or partners who want to better understand, communicate with, and stand beside someone they love who experiences reality differently.
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My role is mainly one-to-one or group sessions, but I can sometimes offer resources, literature, media, or community support to help between meetings.
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I offer a tiered fee range so you can choose what feels comfortable for you. My time is limited so I don’t offer free individual peer support right now, but I can definitely connect you with free community resources such as Hearing Voices Network groups.
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I do offer a number of unpaid speaking engagements each year for schools or organizations with no budget. Please reach out to see what’s possible.
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Reframing Psychosis Spectrum Experiences is a course and workbook I co-authored to offer a new way for people to understand and support voice hearers and others who experience psychosis. It includes real-world scenarios, simulations of the full spectrum of hearing voices — from distressing to neutral to positive — and practical tools that promote healing and innovative learning for clinicians, students, family members, peer specialists, and anyone wanting to move beyond the usual lens.
Drawing from my own lived and professional experience — along with the expertise of my co-author, Dr. Carina Iati, the wisdom of other voice hearers, and the Hearing Voices Network approach — we offer practical tools and a collaborative way to help people support voice hearers well. This work strengthens staff training, shifts culture, builds real relationships, and drives meaningful transformation in how the mental health system understands and responds to psychosis.