Welcome to Hallows, are you ready to enter?

Hallows End Collective came into being by paying attention to what doesn’t go away… the patterns that linger and the stories people carry long after they were “supposed to be over it.” This work sees those experiences as meaningful adaptations, not flaws to erase.

Here, healing is a zigzag tied to a balloon and someone let the air out, it’s messy and that’s okay. You don’t have to edit yourself to belong. Hallows is proudly queer-affirming and committed to expanding access to care. All are welcome here with openness and respect.

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Some stories don’t end when they’re told. They linger in the spaces between who you were and who you’re becoming.

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Meet S (she/they)

As a therapist, I'm observant, direct, and attuned to what lives beneath the surface, and yes, there's room for laughter, plushies, and fun here, too. My work is relational, trauma informed, and psychodynamic, and I'm currently in psychoanalytic training with a focus on object relations. That means I take the unconscious seriously, and I'm interested in how your earliest relationships still shape the ones you're in now, including the one with me. I value depth, curiosity, creativity, and safety before intensity. I believe healing happens in relationship, and that what we call symptoms are often intelligent adaptations. Ambivalence belongs here. Therapy is political. Halloween is every day.

Outside the therapy room, I'm usually watching horror movies, wandering cemeteries, reading, or playing Magic: The Gathering or D&D. I love creative, tactile projects (including ethical taxidermy), cuddling plushies, playing with my cat, and finding comfort in things that are a little strange and very tender. I also believe therapists need therapists, and doing my own work is part of how I show up here. I love working with my therapist.

Work With Us

The practice approaches therapy with cultural humility, curiosity, and respect for each client’s autonomy and story. LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities are welcome here.

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Who We Are

  • I tend to take an integrative approach, including

    • Work that traces patterns back to where they formed and how they live now

    • Care that is attuned to dissociation, pacing, and stability

    • Exploration of patterns and attachment

    • Less shame and inner critic

    • Plushies

    • An overall belief that you are the expert of your experience

    • Come as you are.

    • LGBTQ+ affirming. All identies welcome.

    • Your weirdness belongs here.

    • Curiosity over judgment.

    • Your symptoms may be survival strategies, not character flaws.

    • Depth over urgency.

    • Safety before intensity.

    • Queerness is not something to fix.

    • Therapy is political.

    • Clinically rigorous. Never sterile.

    • Ambivalence is welcome.

    • Healing happens in relationship.

    • Halloween is every day.

    • Relational & Psychodynamic

    • EMDR therapy

    • Somatic / experiential work

    • Attachment-based

    • Depth-oriented, integrative approach

    • Creative offerings

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Steps to Starting Therapy

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    01 Contact & Consultation

    Contact us through our contact form and we will set up a free 15 minute consultation. This is a short call to determine whether we’d be a good fit. No pressure to share more than what’s comfortable.

  • 02 Scheduling

    If you decide to move forward, we schedule your first appointment, discuss informed consent, and send you intake documents to fill out via the client portal.

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    03 First Session

    First sessions are primarily used as collaborative conversation sessions. You will be asked questions to get an idea of your background, concerns, family dynamics, and more. We’ll collaborate on where to begin with attention to your goals and nervous system first.

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    04 Beyond the First Session

    We’ll work together on your goals by Tracing emotional learnings, tracing. connections between experience and adaptation, using somatic/experiential work while always staying grounded in consent and safety.

FAQs

  • We offer therapy services, individual consultations and group consultations, and individual and group training services for agencies.

  • Hallows offers intensive psychodynamic psychotherapy for individuals seeking deeper treatment beyond traditional weekly therapy. Depending on your clinical needs and goals, sessions may be scheduled one to three times per week to facilitate sustained exploration of unconscious patterns, attachment, personality organization, and the development of a more authentic and integrated sense of self.

  • Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form. We’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.

  • We work at the edges: where grief, rage, dissociation, and longing live. Hallows End Collective is for people who don’t want to be rushed toward “better,” but accompanied toward truer. Rather than focusing solely on coping skills, we explore the underlying systems that shape how people relate, protect, and survive.

  • You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly. Note: we are not a crisis service. If you are in psychological crisis please go to your nearest emergency room, call 911, 988, or your local warmline. Orange Counties is: (714) 991-6412.

  • Hallows End Collective operates on a shared-care model. Full-rate sessions support both the sustainability of the practice and access for clients utilizing reduced rates.

    Session Rates

    • Sustaining Rate: $150

    • Shared Rate: $110

    • Community Rate: $80 (limited availability)

    Clients are invited to choose the rate that best reflects their current capacity. No documentation is required.

    You will receive a Good Faith Estimate during intake.

  • Work with me is creative, intentional, deeply attuned. It’s like being accompanied through unfamiliar terrain by someone who knows how to walk in the dark.

  • No. Ongoing therapy is not required unless clinically indicated. The number of sessions needed depends on individual circumstances and the requirements of the requesting provider.