
If the mask you wear feels too heavy, this is where you take it off.
We provide inclusive, equity-driven therapy that centers your truth and honors your lived experience.
What Individual Therapy Is (and Isnโt)
Individual therapy at Open Space isnโt about being "fixedโ or analyzedโitโs about being witnessed, supported, and deeply understood. Itโs not about pushing through pain, minimizing your story, or being handed a list of things to change. Itโs a space to slow down and exhale. A place to speak the things youโve never said out loud, explore what youโve carried, and feel what you need to feelโwithout judgment.
At Open Space, therapy is a collaborative, compassionate process rooted in relationship and radical honesty. Itโs a space where you can name what hurts, explore who you are, and imagine what healing might look likeโwithout shame, without censorship, and without having to explain the basics of your identity.
Our therapists provide a consistent, safe container where you can begin to untangle the patterns that no longer serve you and connect with your truth. Whether you're working through anxiety, trauma, loss, identity, burnout, or life transitions, we hold space for your story with nuance and care.
We believe that healing isn't linear, that discomfort doesn't mean you're doing it wrong, and that therapy works best when it's grounded in trust, transparency, and shared power. Therapy isnโt something we do to youโitโs something we do with you.
This Space Is For You If...
We provide care that is deeply affirming of LGBTQIA+ folks, BIPOC clients, neurodivergent individuals, immigrantsโdocumented or undocumented, those who are disabled, other historically marginalized and oppressed individuals, and anyone navigating systems that werenโt built for them.
If youโve never felt fully safe in therapy before, youโre not alone. This space was made with you in mind.
Our Approach
At Open Space, we view therapy as an act of both personal and collective liberation. Our clinicians are trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and culturally affirming. We donโt reduce you to a diagnosis, and we donโt expect you to leave parts of yourself outside the therapy room.
We recognize that healing requires safety, connection, and consent. We bring our full humanity into the roomโand we invite you to do the same. Our therapy sessions are rooted in relationship, grounded in care, and shaped by collaboration.
Therapy may include tools and techniques from evidence-based approaches like EMDR, somatic work, IFS, DBT, or narrative therapyโbut always adapted to your needs and values. Our goal isnโt to change who you areโitโs to support you in becoming more fully yourself.
What to expect
Starting therapy can feel vulnerableโespecially if youโve never had a space that felt safe before. No two therapy journeys are the same, but hereโs what you can expect when you begin with us:
A therapist who sees you not just as a client, but as a full person with history, context, and complexity.
A collaborative relationship where you set the pace, the focus, and the priorities.
Support that honors your identities, your boundaries, and your lived experience.
Gentle, honest reflections that invite insightโnot shame.
Practical tools for managing anxiety, setting boundaries, processing emotions, and more, if you believe tangible skills would be helpful to you.
Flexible pacing that honors your nervous system and your lived reality.
A space that welcomes your laughter, your grief, your rage, your confusionโall of it.

You donโt need to have a perfect answerโcome exactly as you are.
Your first session is about grounding and connection: learning more about you, your story, and what youโre hoping for in therapy.
We want to understand what youโre carrying and how we can walk alongside you.
Why this work matters
Youโve likely been surviving for a long time. Maybe youโve learned to stay small to keep the peace. Maybe youโve carried grief, anger, or shame in silence. Maybe youโve performed versions of yourself to stay safe in places that never really saw you.
We live in a world that often asks you to minimize your pain, ignore your truth, or hold everything together with a smile. Therapy is where that pattern ends.
Individual therapy offers something different: a space to be real. To be messy. To be whole.
A space where your pain doesnโt need to be justified. A space where your truth doesnโt feel like a burden. A space where your healing isnโt rushed or compared. A space that meets you as you areโand stays with you as you grow.
You donโt have to keep carrying it all alone. You donโt have to keep pretending it doesnโt hurt. Weโre here, when youโre ready.