Clinical Therapist

Raya is licensed in both Illinois and Michigan and brings experience supporting clients ages 14–50 navigating eating disorders, body image concerns, trauma/PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance use, and emotional regulation difficulties. She also works with individuals impacted by adoption, including adoptees exploring identity, belonging, attachment, family relationships, grief, and the complex emotions that can accompany the adoption experience. Raya supports clients experiencing relationship challenges, identity exploration, life transitions, low self-worth, and patterns that may leave them feeling stuck or disconnected from themselves.

Raya provides weight-inclusive, trauma-informed care through a Health at Every Size® (HAES®) lens, honoring that health, healing, and recovery look different for every person. Her approach focuses on helping clients build a more compassionate relationship with their bodies, food, and themselves without centering weight, dieting, or shame.

Raya understands that many of the coping strategies and patterns we develop often begin as ways to survive difficult experiences. She recognizes that experiences related to adoption, attachment, identity, and family relationships can be layered and deeply personal, and she provides space for clients to explore these experiences without assumptions about what adoption “should” mean or feel like. Her work focuses on helping clients approach their experiences with curiosity and compassion while developing new tools that allow them to move toward a life that feels more balanced, authentic, and fulfilling.

Clients value Raya’s compassionate, collaborative, and nonjudgmental approach. She creates a space where clients can show up as they are, process difficult experiences, and explore the thoughts, emotions, relationships, and behaviors that may be keeping them from the life they want to build.

Raya integrates evidence-based and creative approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, somatic interventions, expressive arts, and trauma-informed approaches. Her work is rooted in helping clients strengthen emotional awareness, build resilience, reconnect with themselves, and create meaningful, lasting change.

Outside of the therapy room, you can find Raya hiking, spending time outdoors, creating art, traveling, and enjoying meaningful moments with friends and family.

A Note from Raya

Taking the first step toward therapy isn't always easy, but you don't have to face life's challenges alone. Healing is possible, and I'm here to support you with compassion, curiosity, and evidence-based care every step of the way. If you're ready to begin your journey toward greater balance, resilience, and recovery, I invite you to reach out. Together, we can create a path toward meaningful, lasting change.