Hey, I’m Shanice.
And I want to help you slow down and feel your life.
My work is about helping you come home to yourself.
As a therapist, my goal is to support you in building a life that feels intentional,
self-directed, and aligned. Whether we’re integrating trauma, untangling
internalized scripts, exploring identity, deepening relational wellness, or learning
how to be in your body without abandoning yourself — your autonomy and
self-leadership stay centered.
I believe play is medicine. It’s one of the fastest ways we grow, soften, and
reclaim parts of ourselves that survival made us tuck away. I invite it into the
room.
I primarily work with Black and biracial queer adults who are navigating the
complexity of intersectional identity — folks who are unpacking trauma,
relational wounds, internalized oppression, and the quiet (or loud) feeling of
“not enough” or “too much.”
You might be anxious, depressed, lonely, burned out, masking,
people-pleasing, battling harsh self-talk, or living with imposter syndrome that
won’t let up. I don’t see these as personal failures. I see them as intelligent
responses to the environments you’ve survived.
Together, we get underneath the symptoms. We trace the roots. We reconnect
you to your power so you can define yourself on your own terms.
I work from a systemic and relational lens. That means I don’t pretend therapy
happens in a vacuum. I show up as my full self. We build safety through
relationships. We name the impact of family systems, white supremacy,
capitalism, heteronormativity, ableism — and we work toward choice, agency,
and embodied alignment inside of them.
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About My Clinical Work:
Sometimes my role is to hold hope.
Sometimes it’s to hold space.
Sometimes it’s to help you hold yourself — and others — accountable.
We can unpack and rewrite stuck narratives.
We can examine family systems and coping strategies that once kept you safe
but now keep you small.
We can honor every part of your identity — in all its intersections — at your
pace and on your terms.
We can process old wounds and current ones, giving them language and
integrating them in ways that feel purposeful and alive.
We can work with your body — building capacity to feel, to notice, to regulate,
to rest.
We can get curious about your different parts and how they’ve protected you.
We can talk about the state of the world and how it lives in your nervous
system.
We can identify where you’re stuck, practice discernment around what’s yours
to carry, and move toward acceptance where control isn’t possible.
We can shift from shoulds and survival into full-bodied yeses — rooted in
pleasure, agency, and intention.
What I’m Hella Good At
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+ Creating space for self empowerment, self compassion and love +
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+ Creating space for individual identity and self expression, in a system that is not always safe, welcoming, or able to honor our brilliance +
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+ Rewriting our stories and working to give voice to past harms and hurts, while also addressing societal, individual and generational trauma +
Education + License
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BA in Psychology + Sociology
Whitworth University
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Masters in Counseling Psychology
Bastyr University
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Associate Processional Clinical Counselor
Board of Behavioral Sciences #14886

