Alexander K. Tatum, PhD

I believe connection to ourselves and others sits at the core of our distress. Whether we are grieving, (barely) managing difficult relationships, or feeling lonely, we tend to fall back on coping strategies that we learned early in life. Oftentimes, these coping strategies served a beneficial purpose, but they may now be causing more harm than good. My role is to help you identify new patterns of thought and behavior to help you achieve your goals and live a satisfying life. In order to accomplish this, I strive to establish an honest and authentic relationship that entails facing difficult emotions in order to develop deeper, intimate relationships with those we care about. As such, I invite prospective clients to first consider whether they feel ready to embrace vulnerability with a sense of curiosity and openness. I integrate attachment, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioral approaches to integrate intersecting identities (e.g., LGBTQ, BIPOC, polyamorous, kinky) and I thoroughly enjoy building collaborative relationships that empower clients to enact the change they would like to see in their lives.