Dr. E’s work is rooted in reindigenizing mental health — an approach that centers relational healing, cultural context, consent, and meaning-making rather than pathologizing distress. Therapy is integrative and tailored, drawing from multiple evidence-based and relational frameworks, including:
Trauma-Focused and Mindfulness-Based CBT
Interpersonal Therapy (minority stress, anti-racist, feminist, sex-positive perspectives)
Strength-Based and Person-Centered approaches
Inner Child and ancestral work (intergenerational patterns and healing)
Narrative Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Relational Cultural Theory
Managing and Adapting Practice (MAP)
Gestalt Therapy
Dr. E also offers EMDR and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, using these modalities thoughtfully and ethically as tools within a broader, trauma-informed and culturally responsive framework.
Dr. E is the Founder and CEO of Wombat Mental Health Services and a licensed clinical social worker who works with individuals and communities navigating trauma, identity, systems, and belonging. Their work is grounded, relational, and direct, with a deep respect for lived experience, culture, and consent.
Dr. E approaches therapy as a collaborative process — one that honors where clients come from, what they carry, and what they want to build. Sessions are thoughtful, honest, and paced, with space for both depth and humor. Clients often come to Dr. E when traditional therapy hasn’t fully fit, or when they are looking for care that understands the impact of systems, culture, and identity on mental health.
In addition to clinical practice, Dr. E leads Wombat Mental Health Services with a commitment to access, equity, and community-centered care. Outside of therapy, they engage in writing, teaching, and community spaces focused on healing, identity, and collective well-being. These roles are held with clear boundaries and do not replace the therapeutic relationship.
Some parts of Dr. E’s work happen in therapy rooms. Others happen in public, creative, and relational spaces. These spaces are not therapy, but they are informed by therapeutic ethics, boundaries, and care.
A weekly live reading and reflection practice streamed on Twitch. Dr. E reads from texts that inform their clinical and cultural work, including Indigenous histories, mental health, identity, and resistance.
Sometimes there is discussion. Sometimes there is quiet listening. Sometimes the reading opens space for reflection.
Currently reading:
Oral History of the Yavapai
Harrison, Williams, Khera
This practice will grow into a community book club over time.
Dr. E uses narrative-rich video games as a way to explore identity, choice, grief, regulation, and meaning. These sessions focus on story, presence, and decision-making rather than performance or competition.
Games include exploratory and story-driven titles such as Where the Wind Meets.
Twitch is where community gathers — to listen, play, read, and exist together. These streams are not therapy sessions, but they are grounded in therapeutic values, accessibility, and care.
Dr. E occasionally shares writing that explores mental health, identity, and systems of power.
“I was taught to believe that imposter syndrome meant something was wrong with me…”
