Rivka Sidelsky (she/they)

My Approach to Helping

I use an integrative relational approach to therapy drawing on somatic, feminist, and parts-oriented approaches to therapy. Together, we’ll approach the challenges you’re navigating with curiosity and creativity, drawing on the tools you already have and discovering new ones along the way. I believe we feel better when we feel seen and understood, when we have the resources we need, and when we connect with our power to create the changes we want.

My Values as a Therapist

I work towards a liberatory approach to healing. This means that I believe the things which cause us distress often start not within ourselves, but with how the social and political world operates around us. The way forward is just as much about drawing on our shared resourcefulness and power, to cope with and transform our environments, as it is about finding new ways to exist within ourselves. As queers and trans', we come from vibrant lineages of resistance, mutual-aid, and collective power. I ground my work in these lineages and in the belief that it's our shared responsibility to carry forward these life-giving currents, making and remaking the world into one in which we desire to live.