About

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who I Am

My name is Reid. I am a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT 150612) based in California working under the licensed supervision Elysha Martinez (LMFT 93493) at Axis Mundi Center for Mental Health. I work with adults, adolescents, children, and couples/partners/polycules via telehealth. I attended The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA, where I received my Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and completed my practicum at Pacific Center for Human Growth. Prior to becoming a therapist, I worked in the tech industry as an infrastructure and security engineer for 10 years.

My identities inform my approach to social justice and community both in and out of the therapy room. An artist and an activist at heart, I am experienced in weaving and making meaning of the stories we are living and their social contexts.

My Philosophy

Feeling seen, understood, and able to find connection and community can be an incredibly powerful experience — one that informs the stories we tell about others, as much as ourselves. When we are in pain and feel alienated from others, though, it can be especially difficult to imagine alternatives. The complexities of our identities and experiences can also add to that pain and sense of alienation, and can be a challenge to hold in the context of the world and everything happening in it and around us.

My work as a therapist is integrative, meaning that I pull from different therapeutic approaches to tailor my work with each person. I incorporate social justice, disability justice, and feminism into my work, and practice from an anti-oppression lens. I recognize the power imbalances that can show up in the therapy room and work to challenge them.

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