A woman with short curly black hair and sunglasses standing on a wooden walkway surrounded by lush green plants and trees under a clear blue sky.

A bit about me

Hello, I’m Eula Lys (pronounced “oi-lah leese”).

I’m a therapist because I believe in the healing strength of being: Being with our feelings, our present moment experience, and each other.

Often, we walk through life feeling alone and disconnected. Therapy is a place for you to feel and experience change, and to not be alone in navigating the hard and scary parts.

I take a non-pathologizing approach; I honor the strategies that got you to this moment, and I support you as you unfold into your authentic self.

I’m a dog lover, and I am currently the pup parent of two adorable chihuahuas, who you might see from time to time in our sessions together. I also love cooking and baking, birdwatching, and playing cozy games and tabletop RPG games.

Schedule a consultation call

Me With You

The field of psychotherapy has a long lineage of colonization, and has historically not met the needs of many communities, particularly the BIPOC, queer and trans communities. While I honor the teachings and teachers who have guided me along the way, I also hold that most westernized healing frameworks, including many listed below, are appropriated from traditional indigenous healing practices, including somatics, storytelling, mindfulness, and movement.

Your cultural and relational needs are my primary focus. We collaborate together, holding your humanity above any particular modality.

My values

I center your lived experience in our therapy, but because therapists are not blank slates, here are some identities and values to help you land with me

I’m non-binary and trans, and use they/them pronouns. I came out as trans in my mid-30s, and have navigated the process for gender affirming surgeries. I’m white, with German and Norwegian ancestry.

My identities

1

I believe in: land back and rematriation of indigenous land, Black Lives Matter, trans rights are human rights, harm reduction, mutual and direct aid, poly, kink and sex positivity, disability justice, anti-Zionism,anti-capitalism, critical race theory, sex work is work, and anti-carceral care.

My values

2

We do not need to agree on our values to work together. In the therapeutic space your goals are centered. I believe in cultural humility and ongoing learning/ re-learning for myself. I believe that my clients are the the experts on their lives and lived experiences and define their own goals, and that my role ranges from support to collaboration. I strive to create a space that holds intersectionality, examine isms, power and privilege, and acknowledgement of intergenerational trauma and resistance.

How I show up with you

3

A bit more about me as a human

4

I have experience in advocacy, social work and animal welfare. Prior to becoming a therapist, I spent years working as a humane dog trainer, and still love working with and rescuing fearful, senior dogs.

I lived in the Bay Area (San Francisco and Oakland) for 14 years, and now live in Mexico. I love hiking, nature photography, cooking, and playing RPG games and Pokemon with my friends.

Education

MS, Rehabilitation Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

MA, Integral Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies