Hello! My name is Tucker (she/her) and I am so excited to be here at Transitional Characters completing my internship and the final stages of my master's degree. I am a queer woman from Southern California, I moved to Pittsburgh in 2021 for graduate school. I absolutely love the Pittsburgh area and have built a wonderful community that invests in collective liberation and community support. I am deeply involved in labor organizing and passionate about workers' rights, community support, and anti-capitalism.

As a counselor in training, I am so excited to be in a space like Transitional Characters where I can learn to build a practice that challenges the norm. I have worked in the mental health field for long enough to see first-hand that traditional mental health spaces often value profit over people and leave counselors and clients disappointed and frustrated. I work from a feminist therapy framework and value a relationship between client and therapist that is built on trust and honesty. I believe that the context of our intersectional identities and the social structures we live under should be incorporated in therapy. Who we are and the world we live in are integral parts of our therapeutic journey.

We might be a good fit if:

-You value authenticity and collaboration in therapy.

-You are interested in exploring not just what is going on inside your brain, but also what is going on in your world that may be affecting your mental wellness.

-You are interested in a therapeutic relationship that challenges traditional power dynamics in therapy.

-You are interested in doing work related to religion or religious trauma.

-You are interested in doing work related to body image and healing from a fatphobia.

-You are an individual or a couple interested in learning about how gender, patriarchy, race, sexuality, and other factors affect your relationships.

Whoever you are and whatever you bring to the table, I am excited to work with you and create a therapy experience where you feel safe, respected, and challenged. I believe it is crucial to be a therapist that is open to feedback and trying new things, therapy can be what we decide to make it! My style is very conversational and down to earth. My goal is to create a space where the client feels free to be themselves and do good and sometimes hard work to create a better life for themselves.

In my personal life, I love to cook, spend time with friends, garden, play with my cat Chuti, read mostly fun fiction, discover and explore nature around me, spend time with my partner, play games, and create art. I try to live in harmony with each season. In winter I take things slow and appreciate the beauty around me. I spend more time indoors with a warm drink, inviting people into my home and doing winter crafts. In the spring I am often gardening and cooking. I begin to fix things and build things, planning and preparing for the summer. In the summer I take every chance I can to explore the woods for new watering holes and waterfalls, I eat outdoors with my loved ones and make the most of the long days. In the fall I love foraging and crafting, taking cold plunges and enjoying the outdoors while it is still warm. I try to take this approach in my whole life, appreciating each thing as it comes.