Claire Berry, Licensed Professional Counselor

I am an actively & proudly LGBTQIA+, kink, and non-traditional relationship affirming clinician. In addition to being a part of the "alphabet club", I believe that true healing requires a safe space where every aspect of an individual's identity is not only accepted but celebrated. Because of this, I'm actively committed to multicultural mindfulness - which means I promise to recognize, respect, and integrate the influence of cultural background, race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and intersectional identities into any of my clinical work.

I got into this field first because of the people that helped shape my life - and my mental health. From the school counselor in high school that made me feel understood and supported me through my first ever panic attack in my teenage years, I knew I wanted to be able to make others feel supported in difficult times. Then the therapist I had in my late teens into early twenties made me feel truly understood and helped me continue finding my own path towards understanding my own self and I knew that was also something that needed to be shared. Recently, the licensed supervisor who saw me through the last, arguably hardest, leg of my journey into full independent counselor licensure continued to believe in me and my capabilities even when I couldn't and that added to the collection of multitude of feelings of supportiveness that I want to give as many people as possible through my work as a therapist.
All that to say, there have always been mental health professionals throughout that made fundamental positive differences in my life. I have always wanted to share and expand those feelings of being supported and understood to others. Now I stay in this field to share the stories of those who cannot and help others find parts of themselves along the journey that is mental health and wellness.