You’re not really looking for coping skills.

Maybe you are a Big Feeler, told that you are too sensitive. Maybe you are a part of a marginalized community experiencing the brunt of systems of domination and being told that it’s “not that deep.” Maybe you just know deep in your bones that your purpose is not to learn how to cope within systems of injustice and oppression. You want to feel more grounded and held as you work towards a world that doesn’t prioritize endurance and resilience over care and connection, but maybe you don’t know how or what that looks like.

Therapy Can Help

As the primary therapist at As Above Collective, I understand what it’s like to have been shaped by systems like capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy that teach us our value comes from producing, performing, and holding everything together. Therapy is often framed as a place to “fix” ourselves so we can keep doing that more efficiently and to cope with the horrors that are becoming increasingly normalized as we witness the rise of fascism in the U.S.

My name is Jelisa and I see therapy differently.

Therapy can be a space where you don’t have to hold it all. A space where you can be supported as you reconnect with parts of yourself you had to set aside just to move through a demanding and unjust world.

Our work together is about creating room for your full humanity—your thoughts, your emotions, your history, and your wisdom. A place where the mask can come off, where the weight can be shared, and where you can begin to feel more at home in yourself. A place where you can learn how to access not coping skills, but transformation skills.

You deserve a space where you don’t have to carry everything alone.

A place where you can set things down.
A place where you can breathe.
A place where you can simply be.

Learn what you can do when you radically accept support.