I’m Jaxon (they), a San Diego-born, trans-masc, white, able-bodied, neurodivergent, agnostic, marriage and family therapist.

My work is grounded in a simple belief: being understood changes people.        

As a nonbinary person who has personally benefited from gender-affirming care, I bring both professional training and lived experience into the room. Over the past two decades, I’ve studied queer history, identity development, mental health, and the relational and systemic forces that shape people’s lives.

A significant part of my career has been spent working with families of gender-diverse and transgender youth. I’ve facilitated groups, worked with healthcare and community systems, and supported families as they learn, grow, grieve, and adjust together. I care deeply about supporting not only young people, but the families and caregivers who love them, especially in the current social and political climate.

With close attention to how power, identity, culture, and systemic harm show up in people’s lives, I’m committed to providing anti-racist and anti-oppressive mental healthcare. At the heart of my work is a concern for what philosopher Miranda Fricker calls hermeneutic injustice, the harm that occurs when people lack the language or social frameworks to make sense of their own experiences. I believe therapy can be a place where that missing language is restored, allowing clients to name what has been unnamed and understand themselves with greater clarity and agency.

My therapeutic style is relational, grounded, and transparent. I believe the relationship itself between therapist and client is central to healing. I often use immediacy in my work, meaning that I name what’s happening for me personally in the room, sharing reflections, offering emotional responses when it is helpful. This approach helps clients better understand their relational patterns and the impact they have both inside and outside the therapy room. I strive to meet people with honesty, authenticity, warmth and presence, rather than neutrality.

I have specialized training in the trauma processing modality Narrative Exposure Therapy, a type of therapy that I wholeheartedly believe in the power of, as I have seen it offer clients relief and freedom time and time again within my practice.

Outside of therapy, I’m an athlete and sports enthusiast who finds joy and strength in running, tennis, softball, and time outdoors. I have a deep love and reverence for animals, especially dogs; I value curiosity, humor, humility, and the many ways people find and make meaning in their lives.

CREDENTIALS:

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (OR #T-2515)

MA, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling

BA, Psychology (minor in LGBT Studies), San Diego State University

Specialized training in gender-affirming and trans healthcare, informed by WPATH Standards of Care and current research.