Jack Marvin, LCSW

As a member of the LGBTQI+ community, I have a special interest and passion in serving those who identify as queer and trans- community members, as well as families and parents navigating their young person's coming out experience. Additionally, my interest, education, and experience include working with adolescents, adults, groups, and families navigating relationship conflict, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and loss, gender dysphoria, body dysmorphia, and traumatic experiences, among others. My approach is centered in a radical feminist framework that understands each of us has been harmed by systems (family, societal, political, among others) and that, depending on our intersectional identities, that harm has varying impacts on our bodies, hearts, minds, and stories. I am particularly interested in the stories that we tell ourselves. Too frequently, these stories come from our external worlds and are integrated as fundamental truths. I believe therapy is a collaborative process of disentangling unuseful, harmful, and deeply integrated falsehoods. In this process of unraveling, we learn new tools and skills that enable us to know ourselves deeper and integrate truths congruent with that deeper knowing. My practice relies on a humanist narrative approach that integrates CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing techniques as well as attachment, trauma, and polyvagal theories, all in support of the reclamation of control and autonomy of your identity and story. Injury and harm, and the symptomatology that often accompanies, occurs within our relationships to systems, as well as our past and present interpersonal relationships. I believe that healing from these harms also happens in safer and more trusting relationships. I became a therapist to work to create this type of safer, more trustworthy space. It is my great privilege to hold hope that no matter how loud, painful, or uncertain you're feeling now that together in this safer and more trusting space with specific, attainable, and measurable goals, we can work to reduce the symptoms you're experiencing. Specialties: PTSD: Traumatic experiences alter perception and self-trust. I offer a safe space and skills to reprocess and integrate these experiences, empowering you to reclaim peace and self-trust. Gender Identity: Societal factors complicate gender experiences, especially for queer and trans folks. I remove barriers to affirming care and support self-love and discovery in understanding your authentic gender. Loss & Grief: Beyond death, grief encompasses everyday losses. I validate these often-disenfranchised experiences and support your navigation of grief's diverse causes. Dissociation: Dissociation disconnects us from overwhelming experiences. I offer experienced support for dissociative symptoms, from daydreaming to DID, to help you regain control. Neurodiversity: I offer affirming support for neurodivergent individuals, understanding the unique strengths and challenges of autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental variations in loving ourselves more deeply and navigating a world built for neurotypical folks. Polyamory & Ethical Non-Monogamy: I provide support for individuals and families in diverse relationship structures, addressing communication, navigating societal stigma, and fostering healthy, ethical non-monogamous connections.