About grey
Image credit Noelle Williams.
grey (they/them) is a white-bodied, genderqueer therapist, breathwork facilitator, and INELDA-trained end of life doula living in Oakland, CA, working in both The Bay Area and New York City.
Their work and life has been shaped by many influences, including their life-long connection to the natural world, their involvement in activist movements in NYC, Detroit, and Oakland; as well as spiritual practices and teachings they have been gifted by a number of wise and generous teachers.
In their over 10 years of experience they have provided case work, mental health care, and harm reduction services to people experiencing chronic street homelessness, queer & trans youth, queer immigrants, people living with HIV, people struggling with addiction, artists, frontline activists, and many intersections of these groups.
Their approach to their healing work is collaborative, integrative, and firmly rooted in social justice. They believe that collective change is inextricably tied to personal change. grey feels most alive and embodied when they are in water, engaged in creative practices, and when they are going for long, solo hikes in quiet forests.
Training and Education
IFS Level 1 Training, IFS Institute, 2024 (on-going)
Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO): IFS with Couples, 6 month training, IFS Institute, 2024 (on-going)
INELDA End of Life Doula Training, 2022
Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate, Embody Lab w/ Fran Booth, 2022
David Elliot Breathwork Healer Training Certificate, levels 1-5; 2020-2022
Embodied Social Justice Certificate, The Embody Lab; 2021
DBT Skills Course Certificate w/ Marsha M. Linehan, 2021
Master of Social Work (MSW), Silberman School of Social Work, New York, NY, 2017
BA in Gender Studies and Africana Studies, magna cum laude, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA; 2011
LCSW license NY #093713
Psychology Today
“Without inner change, there is no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.”
- Rev. angel Kyodo williams