PROVIDER DIRECTORY
The following directory includes the vetted mental health and healing professionals that have completed the certification. The providers are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. Our Providers speak the following languages:
- English
- Spanish Español
- Mandarin 普通话
- Urdu اردو
- Korean 한국인
- Farsi فارسی
- Hindi हिंदी
- Cantonese 廣東話
- Chinese 中文
Joie Bauman
👤 She/Her 📋 Peer Recovery Coach 📍Westfield, NJ 💬 English 🌐 Online
Professionally, I have experience working with neurodivergence, high-level athletes crisis, chronic suicidality, self-harm, complex trauma, structural dissociation, substance use, eating disorders, homelessness, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Eden Bellow
👤 She/Her 📋 LCSW, SAP, Reiki Master 📍New York, New Jersey, & Florida 💬 English 🌐 Online
I utilize mindfulness, somatic therapy (focusing on the body), relatability, and psychodynamic discussions to motivate and challenge you to implement the changes that you desire. My ultimate goal for you is to help you be the most genuine you, you can be with pride, non judgemental, and playful curiosity.
Gab Bilotta
👤 She/Her 📋 LPC, CAADC 📍Philadelphia, PA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Gab specializes in PTSD, substance use issues, and forensic cases. Certified in Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy for trauma, she collaboratively tailors treatment to clients' needs, supporting them in achieving their goals.
Kleopatra Black
👤 She/Her 📋 Peer Support 📍Florida 💬 English 🌐 Online
My focus is ensuring that spaces I occupy and share with folk are accessible and center consent at every step. I recognize that oppressive powers often try to encase our lived experiences into neat little packages rather than a collection of ALL of our experiences combined together which makes up our human experience.
Jupi Bowen
👤 They/Them 📋 Peer Support 📍New York 💬 English 🌐 Online
As a Peer Support Specialist, I embody harm-reduction and client-centered values to guide clients toward their goals. I center the value of lived experience and it’s role as a teacher in our lives. I seek to provide a non-judgemental and free-flowing space where we move at your pace.
Rayleen Courtney
👤 She/They 📋 Somatic Coach, Trauma-Informed Mindfulness 📍Portland, OR 💬 English 🌐 In-Person
Rayleen Courtney is a trained and experienced somatic guide and educator, with a distinct passion for recovery-informed, trauma-sensitive space holding and witnessing. She has been a devoted student of embodiment practice for seventeen years, and has served in somatic guidance roles for eight years.
Want to join the Provider Directory?
The ECC Provider Directory features the vetted mental health and healing professionals who have completed our Synchronous Equitable Care Certification program and taken part in the Direct Service & Supervision portion of the program. When you take part in the certification program you get:
- 36 Continuing Education Credits
- Private Cohort Discord Server
- Access to Exclusive Podcast
- Curated Reading Material
- ECC Alumni Discord Server
- Quarterly ECC Alumni Meetups
Hear from one of the students in our most recent cohort:
"Despite my own experiences as a sex worker, I had limited knowledge regarding the history of sex work and the complexities of sociocultural influence when treating sex workers before completing this training. ECC has broadened my understanding, not just of sex work, but of systems of oppression, anti-carceral care, and social justice as a whole. I feel significantly more equipped to serve sex working clients and feel that what I have learned will allow me to move through the world in a more authentic and non-judgmental way overall. I highly recommend ECC for all clinicians who are ready to denounce psychiatric incarceration, harmful pathology, and shift to an abolitionist approach to treatment."
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Natalie Ducastelle
👤 She/Her 📋 Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Co-Active Coach, Mindfulness Facilitator 📍California 💬 English, French, Spanish 🌐 Online
Having spent 16 years working in the sex industry, I am passionate about creating safe, affirming, welcoming spaces in support of the mental health and well-being of sex workers and the people who love them.
Daniel Edwards
👤 He/Him 📋 LPC 📍Atlanta, GA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Those who find me to be a great fit tend to identify as: LGBTQ+, an athlete, Gen X, Millennial or Gen Z, who are seeking guidance through their unique journeys. Together, we’ll take a holistic approach towards your individual needs, goals and strengths.
Katie Emard
👤 She/Her 📋 QMHP, LPC 📍Portland, OR 💬 English 🌐 Online
I have been a counselor for almost five years now working primarily with the LGBTQ+ with which I am identified. Most of my experience has been in working with folks experiencing poverty and holding BIPOC and/or Queer/Trans identities.
Nikita Fernandes
👤 She/Her 📋 MA, LMHC, CST 📍New York 💬 English 🌐 Online
I create a space of equitable support, solutions, and celebration for clients, fostering authenticity. My focus includes marginalized populations such as LGBTQIA+, ethically non-monogamous, polyamorous, BDSM, and Leather communities.
Brittany Henderson
👤 She/Her 📋 LPC, R-DMT 📍Philadelphia, PA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Brittany is a queer black Dance/ Movement therapist and pole artist. Her therapeutic framework is grounded in relational/cultural, narrative, and social justice approaches. She seeks to edify clients by honoring them as experts of their own lives. She embraces the rawness within a client’s story and encourages them to show up authentically and unapologetically.
Amber Howard
👤 She/Her 📋 Trauma and Recovery Coach 📍Los Angeles, CA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Amber's previous experience as a direct service provider for chronically & formerly homeless individuals living with an array of disabling conditions including serious, persistent mental illness, substance abuse, & HIV/AIDS is largely responsible for her decision to pursue her MSW and transition into the role of therapist.
Lacy Houze
👤 She/Her 📋 Life Coach, Spiritual Advisor, Intuitive Kink Guide, Marriage Coach, Reiki Master, Hypnotherapist 📍Riverside, CA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Ms. Lacy is a spiritual coach, healer, and intuitive guide who specializes in empowering individuals through spiritual awakening, shadow work, and self-discovery. With certifications in Reiki, hypnotherapy, and mindset coaching, she helps clients explore their desires, release generational patterns, and embrace their authentic selves.
Dione Hunter
👤 She/Her 📋 Pre-Licensed Professional; Sex Therapist 📍Atlanta, GA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Dione is passionate about assisting young adults, adults, and couples achieve their freedom goals by creating a space where they can feel safe and empowered to learn, grow, and thrive. Her ideal clients are monogamous couples, polyamory/non-monogamy partnerships, and BIPOC (Black,Indigenous, and People of Color) individuals.
Brandon
Hunter-Haydon
👤 They/He 📋 MSW & Apprentice Surrogate Partner 📍Maryland & NYC 💬 English 🌐 Online
With a decade of experience, I'm committed to aiding individuals and partnerships in overcoming challenges and enhancing relationships. As a coach and surrogate partner, I focus on developing emotional, physical, and sexual intimacy through a holistic and personalized approach.
Carlos Juarez
👤 They/Them 📋 Substance Abuse Counselor 📍Los Angeles, CA 💬 English & Spanish 🌐 Online
In a professional setting, I work in my role as a Substance Abuse Counselor with lived experience with mental illness and substance use disorders together with living experience as a sex worker.
Erum Khan
👤 She/Her 📋 Psychodynamic, EFT & CBT 📍Karachi, Pakistan 💬 English & Urdu 🌐 Hybrid
Erum Khan is a psychotherapist and researcher focusing on trauma and sexual well-being, relational healing, loss, chronic pain, and neurodiversity. She uses an integrative approach, allowing the mind and body to heal as the therapeutic journey unfolds.
Yub Kim
👤 He/Him 📋 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) 📍Cleveland, OH 💬 English & Korean 🌐 Hybrid
Let's explore what sexual freedom looks like for you. I am a Masters Clinical Mental Health Counseling student specializing in Sex Therapy for adults of all ages, genders, and sexualities.
Thai Lu
👤 They/Fae 📋 Peer Support 📍Los Angeles, CA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Mari De Luna
👤 She/They 📋 Somatic Trauma Resolution Guide 📍 New Jersey 💬 English & Spanish 🌐 Online
I work with neurodivergent women navigate intimacy and heal from childhood neglect by practicing nervous system regulation, and learning body based tools around empowerment, boundaries and self-advocacy.
Lisa Martinez
👤 She/Her 📋 Curandera 📍Denver, CO 💬 English 🌐 Hybrid
Lisa specializes in curanderismo. She focuses on assisting individuals in their unique healing paths, often guiding them to reconnect with their ancestral roots. Lisa acknowledges that spiritual integration may not resonate with everyone, and there's no pressure or expectation for clients to pursue it.
Soleil Merroir
👤 She/They 📋 LCSW, CST, CSTS 📍California & Mexico 💬 English & Spanish 🌐 Online
Angie/Soleil is a licensed clinical social worker, AASECT certified sex therapist and supervisor, group facilitator, sex worker, and co-founder of the Equitable Care Certification. While their sex therapy and my sex work clientele never overlap, there’s a wealth of psychological, emotional and erotic well-being integrated into every aspect of both.
Victoria Moon
👤 She/Her 📋 ALPC 📍Philadelphia, PA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Your unique experiences matter, and I create a safe, collaborative space where you're the expert of your own story. Specializing in housing insecurity, children in care, substance abuse, and HIV, I use a strengths-based approach to empower you to celebrate your intersectionality and overcome life's challenges.
Brenda Mora
👤 She/Her 📋 Pre-Licensed Professional 📍Miami, FL 💬 English & Spanish 🌐 Hybrid
I am on a mission to decolonize sex therapy and mentality, pushing the boundaries of traditional practices. My primary focus is on preparing and advocating for coordinated care, whether it's during various stages of treatment or in preparation for re-entry into the community.
Mikaela De La Myco
👤 She/They 📋 Peer Counselor, California Trauma Intervention Certified, Trauma-Informed Herbalist, Sex Worker
📍San Diego, CA 💬 English 🌐 Hybrid
Mikaela de la Myco is a sacred hoe, mother, folk herbalist, community organizer and intimacy care provider who centers culturally competent nature-based care centering Survivors, sex workers and families.
Phuong Thao Nguyen
👤 They/Them 📋 Pre-Licensed Professional (MSW) 📍Chicago, IL 💬 English 🌐 Hybrid
Hi, I am Phuong Thao and identify as Southeast Asian (Vietnamese), 1st generation immigrant, non-binary, queer, polyamorous & ex-catholic. These identities shaped the way I move in the world while inspiring me to continue being curious & going outside of the box when I work with each unique human in front of me.
Stephanie Olano
👤 She/Her 📋 LMFT 📍Burlingame, CA 💬 English 🌐 Online for 1:1 & Hybrid for Assessments
As the CEO and founder of TODOS Therapy, her dedication lies in providing culturally sensitive mental health support to BIPOC and Latinx individuals who are grappling with impostor syndrome, authenticity privilege, as well as acculturation struggles encountered by first-generation and third-culture kids.
Linney Osias
👤 The/She 📋 MSW 📍Paterson, NJ 💬 English & Haitian Creole 🌐 Hybrid
Linney Osias is a dedicated professional from Miami Gardens, FL, with a strong background in education and therapy, skillfully blending anthropological insights to enhance performance and mental health outcomes. Their family immigrated from Haiti, where most of their childhood summers were spent.
Athena
Papagiannopoulos
👤 She/Her 📋 Advocate, Peer Support 📍Minneapolis, MN 💬 English 🌐 Online
Athena is a compassionate and dedicated advocate with over a decade in the adult industry, offering support and guidance tailored to the unique experiences of sex workers. As the Operations Director of SWOP Minneapolis, she has committed her career to creating safer spaces for sex workers.
Nishita Rao
👤 She/Her 📋 MS, CSE, CHSE, CBS; Behavioral Neuroscience Consultant; Reiki Grandmaster 📍San Francisco, CA 💬 English, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada 🌐 Online
Nishita is a Behavioral Neuroscience Consultant, Trauma Coach, Reiki Grandmaster, Certified Sex Educator and a Sex Researcher. With advanced degrees in Neuroendocrinology and Genetics, she brings a multidisciplinary approach to her work, blending science, education, and Eastern therapeutic practices.
Taylor Reph
👤 She/Her 📋 MSW 📍Largo, FL 💬 English 🌐 Hybrid
Hello, if you are reading this you have already taken the hardest step in self-development by seeking therapy. I am excited and honored to be able to assist you on this journey. I am here to support individuals from all walks of life, whether you're a child, teen, or adult, and regardless of your background.
Briana Riley
👤 She/Her 📋 VCCO Providers state of NJ; VCAP Providers state of PA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Before becoming a Master’s level clinician, I embarked on my own healing journey, which taught me that growth and recovery is a long and non-linear process. Most importantly, I discovered that the most radical act of love we can commit is one of self-knowledge.
German Sanchez
👤 He/Him 📋 LCSW 📍New York & Florida 💬 English & Spanish 🌐 Hybrid
I provide a safe and supportive environment where individuals and couples can explore their challenges and develop new strategies for living more fulfilling lives. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or navigating life transitions, I am here to help. My approach is integrative and tailored to meet your unique needs.
Raquel Savage
👤 She/He 📋 Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, TIR 📍Miami, FL 💬 English 🌐 Online
Raquel Savage is a Black, queer therapist, trained as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, certified in EMDR and TIR. She focuses on anxiety, depression, cPTSD, and supports Black & brown, queer & trans, and sex working clients, as well as survivors of sexual assault and abuse.
Kimberly Vered Shashoua
👤 They/Them 📋 LCSW 📍Texas & North Carolina 💬 English 🌐 Online
As a first-generation immigrant and person of color, Kimberly is dedicated to work with communities that may find the traditional modes of therapy intimidating or unwelcoming. These include immigrant populations, people of color, people with disabilities, and poly/kink communities.
Payal Sud
👤 She/Her 📋 LCSW, MSW 📍Chicago, Willow Springs, and Joliet, IL 💬 English 🌐 Hybrid
I provide full-spectrum and client-specific treatment to children, adolescents, and adults in a warm, genuine, and safe environment. I am trained in Pranic, Reiki healing, and vibrational sound massage. Other non-talk therapy services are also provided, such as tea therapy, pet therapy, walk n' talk, food therapy, etc.
Crystal Sunshine
👤 She/Her 📋 LCSW, MSW 📍Detroit, MI 💬 English 🌐 Online
My expertise lies in various realms, including mental health, life coaching, healing, and alternative lifestyles. I empower individuals to navigate life's challenges and find their path to inner peace and personal growth.
Preethi Thomas
👤 They/Them 📋 LCSW (TX) and LCSW-C (MD) 📍Texas & Maryland 💬 English 🌐 In-Person
The majority of my career has been servicing queer BIPOC living with HIV and helping clients access safe sex practices in the Houston area. I am a trauma-informed clinician that practices person-centered therapy and solution-focused therapy.
Shawn Vee
👤 They/Them 📋 LMSW, ACSW 📍California, Maryland, Delaware 💬 English 🌐 Online
Shawn is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) dedicated to advocacy for marginalized communities. Shawn creates inclusive, sex-positive environments for individuals and diverse relationships.
Rikkilynn Vick
👤 She/They 📋 Crisis Counselor 📍Oakland, CA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Rikkilynn is a learning and developing sex worker and a passionate advocate for sex worker rights. With over a decade of experience in community work, they’ve led support groups focused on recovery, housing insecurity, HIV status, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Malakai Watkins
👤 They/Them 📋 Associate Marriage & Family Therapist 📍Oakland, CA 💬 English 🌐 Online
Malakai Watkins is a third-year Marriage & Family Therapist Student Trainee specializing in sex therapy. Guided by a disability justice framework that prioritizes access, self-determination, and an expectation of difference, I approach healing with a holistic perspective.
Jun Zhao
👤 They/Them 📋 MSW, EMDRIA 📍New York, NY 💬 English & Chinese (Mandarin) 🌐 Online
Jun is a relational therapist who supports individuals, partners and families in navigating life transitions and cross-cultural issues, managing mental health challenges, processing shame, guilt, and loss, improving communication and intimacy, and addressing the impact of systemic oppression on our sense of self and our relationships.