Genevieve wallace

(Pronouns: she/her)

Clinical Intern

I’m glad that you’re here. It’s a courageous decision to come to therapy. There are no guarantees as to the results of this work, but it is certain to challenge you and be uncomfortable at times. I can promise to support you and do my very best to understand you.

My life experiences have given me a particular knack with certain types of people and relationships. I work a great deal with people and relationships undergoing a major transition, including divorce, transition to a different relationship structure, grief and loss, stepping into a more authentic gender presentation, and career transition, to name a few. It is a pleasure as well as an ethical imperative to work with members of the LGBTQIA community. I am also passionate about providing informed services to people in non-traditional relationship structures, from couples seeking to open their relationship to longstanding polycules. In addition to being a counselor, I am a lawyer, and I am interested in helping other lawyers and other professionals weather the difficulties of their professions and enabling them to bring their authentic, integrated self to their work. While they are often painful, it is my belief that, with the right type of support, life transitions provide a uncommon opportunity for growth.

I take a person-centered and trauma-informed approach. I believe in the power of mindfulness as well as the wisdom of the body, so I may use mindfulness exercises or somatics during our sessions. I also draw from attachment theory, feminist theory and liberation psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), internal family systems (IFS), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). I can provide you with more information about these modalities and how they might apply in your circumstances during our first session, or at any later time. You, of course, have the right to refuse treatment and to choose a practitioner and treatment modality which best suits your needs.