Please note: My schedule can be quite varied. There will be days I am away completely and days that I will be around quite frequently. It's always OK to send me an offline message, but my response time may vary somewhat. We can also schedule specific chat times through offline messages. If I am set to 'busy,' I may still be able to live chat during that time, just on a slight delay. I'd still absolutely love to hear from you & will still be here! Thank you for your understanding and if you do not mind someone with an unpredictable schedule, we can definitely work! I encourage you to find other listeners under the 'browse listeners' tab if you need to speak with someone with a more stable schedule, however. Thank you again for understanding!

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Greetings! I'm a trained active listener on 7 Cups of Tea and I am genuinely glad you are here in this moment, thinking of reaching out. I have found a great deal of support on this website myself, and I hope you do, too. I have an activist background, particularly within the LGBTQ community. I'm a queer/gay cisgendered female myself, and I've also done a great deal of work in queer theory/gender theory. Please know if you are LGBTQ+ that you are coming to a safe place by chatting with me!

In addition to supporting those within the LGBTQ community (especially with issues such as coming out, bullying, sexuality/identity, etc); I also have special interests in supporting those struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD, agoraphobia (and specific phobias), depression, disordered eating, social anxieties and loneliness. I also understand chronic pain very well. However, if you need to discuss extreme physical health issues and/or urgent care situations with your family members: these are the sole areas I am not the best with and would encourage you to find another listener that is, as I want you to get the best support possible!

I know what it feels like to not be able to say certain things out loud--how sometimes they can even be hard to write out--and I am here for you through that. I also know what it's like to need someone outside of your situation to help validate and make sense of your feelings with you, and I would be honored to be side-by-side with you in that journey. So if I'm online, then please feel free to start a chat. If I'm offline, then send me a message and we can set up a time to connect or write to each other through the offline messaging system here! :)

And so you can get to know a bit about me as well, some of my favorite things: performing arts, theater, video games, films, reading, photography, art/art history, TV, music, and city life!

"Those who have suffered understand suffering and thereby extend their hand." - Patti Smith