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Virtual individual and relationship therapy for teens and adults in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; supervision for pre-licensed therapists in PA; clinical consultation for therapists and other healing practitioners everywhere; and an ecotherapy group coming soon.
If one or more of the following resonates with you, I’d be glad to work with you:
You want to delve more deeply into who you are, how you feel, or how you interact with the world around you
You’re looking for compassionate, genuine care that is responsive to your needs
You are LGBTQIA+, questioning LGBTQIA+ identity, and/or have LGBTQIA+ loved ones
You struggle with responses to trauma or complex trauma
You want a therapeutic space that values equity and holds awareness of the impacts of our broader systems, both now and historically
You want support with attachment, relationships, or communication
You experience anxiety or depression
You are a therapist or other healing practitioner seeking therapy that holds your whole experience - no need to perform
You’re specifically looking for care grounded in internal family systems, emotionally focused therapy, relational therapy, and/or ecotherapy
I am a queer and trans therapist looking to actively support your process.
No AI. No cookie cutter treatment plans. Just us collaborating to further your well-being.
If you’re interested in working together and/or would like to schedule a free brief consultation, I would love to hear from you at thigpen.lcsw@pm.me, at 215-608-4727, or via the contact page.
To learn more about my specialty work, keep scrolling. I also welcome you to visit the therapy page for more information about my areas of work, approaches used, and fees.
If you’re a therapist or otherwise practicing healing and seeking clinical consultation or supervision, please head to the supervision page to learn more.
I am also a poet.
LGBT+ Affirming Care
Lived experience as queer and trans as well as extensive work with LGBT+ communities in a variety of settings equip me to competently meet you where you are. I will be glad to support you whether you want to explore your identity and sense of self, your relationship with the LGBT+ community, navigating openness with others, decisions about gender presentation or transition, or if you simply want a caring space in which your identity is held with respect. It is a joy for me to work with my community.
Trauma-Informed Therapy for Harm, Attachment Wounds, and More
Many of us experience trauma, harm, highly stressful situations, loss, and/or deep pain stemming from our relationship dynamics with others. These may be caused by individuals, structures like school or work, or larger systems that we operate within. These may also occur in connection with a significant loss or change. Much of my therapeutic work has been dedicated to supporting people who have had these sorts of experiences. I will be glad to support you in understanding how this may affect you in different areas of life and to join you in spending as much or as little time exploring this during sessions as would benefit you.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal family systems (IFS) is a non-pathologizing approach that invites you to forge profound connections with different parts of yourself — at the pace you need. This can lead to powerful change grounded in your own readiness. IFS is an approach that I frequently use and is appropriate to address many areas of focus, such as general self-understanding and connection with one’s feelings; experiences of trauma, harm, or loss; experiences of difficulties or hurt in relationships with others; anxiety; depression; masking; making decisions, including around expressing gender and transition; and internalized structural harm, e.g., transphobia, homophobia, biphobia, racism, ableism, misogyny, sizeism. I have completed Level 3 training with the IFS Institute.
Emotionally Focused Relationship Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a relationship therapy approach that supports all parties in the relationship in going to the heart of the matter with openness and care. I will invite you to focus on your important experiences in your relationship, to share those, and to be receptive to the important experiences the other people in your relationship share with you. This can lead to better understanding, clearer communication, and more closeness and security. I have completed the EFT externship and core skills trainings with Dr. Robert Allan and Dr. Sandra Taylor focusing on work with LGBTQIA+ populations.
Supervision, Consultation, and IFS Support for Therapists
The practice of therapy is learned through relationships. I believe that supervision and consultation are deeply important both for you as a care provider and for all of the people you are providing care to. My style is collaborative with wiggle room around exploration of conceptualization, interventions, what is alive for you in your work, and your career needs and goals. I particularly value time spent with the parts of you that come up as you are working. I provide supervision as an LCSW in PA. Consultation and IFS support for therapists are available to you anywhere. More info about my IFS support offering is coming soon, but if you’re intrigued, please contact me!
Ecotherapy
Ecotherapy can support you in connecting more deeply to the natural world, exploring your relationship to it, and holding your grief, anger, and concern about climate change and ecocide. All of us are part of a broader ecosystem; spending time deepening those ties can help us feel the belonging that comes with that. I offer virtual individual ecotherapy sessions and will soon offer a virtual ecotherapy support group. I expect to complete Level 1 training with the Earthbody Institute centering work with LGBT+ people at the end of May. More info forthcoming about this work, but in the meantime, I welcome you to contact me about it.