Black. Woman. Christian. Zimbabwean. Diasporic. Poet. Psychologist.

Who I am finds its way into all the work I do, especially these aspects of my identity. “Psychologist” is not the least of them, but everything that comes before it shapes the kind of psychologist I am — one deeply attuned to language, meaning, power, and context. I am drawn to origin stories and often listen for what is not being said — and what it costs. I believe that the right metaphor can make a thing make sense and I often find myself looking for it.

At the heart of it, my work is about staying in conversation. That is, bringing people into conversation with themselves, with each other, and with the difficult things that go unnamed. These conversations take different forms: therapy, spoken word poetry, workshops, and creative collaborations. Woven through all of them, is my belief in the power of story, especially the ones we tell ourselves. They shape our realities and who we get to be within them.