Alexandra Denis, LCSW

Big feelings welcome. Therapy for grief, trauma, identity, relationships, and the whole complicated business of being human. You don't need to be less sensitive, less complicated, or less yourself to feel better. At Good Cry, therapy isn't about fixing what's wrong with you. It's a place to get curious about who you are, what you've lived through, what you've lost, what matters to you, and the ways your mind and body have learned to carry it all. Sometimes that means making room for grief. Sometimes it's anger, joy, pleasure, uncertainty, or the things you've gotten very good at pushing aside. Sometimes we laugh. Sometimes we cry. Sometimes we spend an entire session trying to figure out what the hell you're feeling in the first place. It's all welcome here. Therapy that fits you. There isn't one right way to do therapy—and I'm not interested in squeezing you into someone else's idea of healing. My work is relational and informed by somatic therapy, which means we'll pay attention to more than just the story you're telling. We might notice what's happening in your body, get curious about patterns in your relationships, make connections between the past and present, sit with something that doesn't have an answer yet, or talk through what's happening right now. We'll figure out together what feels useful to you. You are the expert on your own life. My job isn't to tell you who to become. It's to help create enough space, curiosity, and safety for you to hear yourself more clearly. Come as you are. Good Cry Counseling is an affirming space for LGBTQ+ folks, fat and body-diverse people, neurodivergent people, and anyone who has ever gotten the message that some part of them was too much, not enough, or needed to change in order to belong. My work often includes grief and loss, trauma, identity, relationships, body and self-image, life transitions, and questions of meaning and belonging. You don't need the perfect reason to start therapy. You don't need to know exactly what you want to work on. You can bring the whole mess. We'll start there.