Alex French, Therapist in Training
Welcome! My name is Alex (they/she). I am a queer, episcopalian, white settler from the middle-class suburbs of Pierce County. These identities inform how I show up as a student therapist, and I am always seeking to better understand identities and experiences that I have not lived.
My path to becoming a therapist began in my youth when I felt fed up with the way things were at home and in the world around me. I wondered if my own mental health, and perhaps others would improve under better relational and societal conditions. I now trust that improving relational health ripples into the individual and out to society at large.
Before coming to PLU, I worked as a case manager for youth transitioning out of the foster care system. That experience deeply shaped my commitment to standing in solidarity with young people and helping families honor the dignity of their youngest family members.
As a systemic therapist, I will view you within the context of your relationships (past and present), daily life, community, and culture. I prioritize building a strong therapeutic relationship and will meet you wherever you’re at with compassionate presence. I trust that you are doing your best, and I will try to shine a light on the patterns that may not be working in your life anymore. I will support you in creating desired changes as an individual, couple, or family at a pace that works for you. I invite direct conversations about how oppression may impact your experience, and I hope the work we do together can be aligned with collective liberation.
Outside of work I can often be found gazing at the Salish Sea, greeting my neighborhood cats, reading fiction, or lost in conversation and laughter with loved ones.
