DOMAINS OF PRACTICE

Narrative Strategy & Cultural Insight

Clarifying how meaning, identity, and emotion shape public understanding.

Narrative development for advocacy, identity, illness, and contested representation
Psychoanalytic, psychosocial, and symbolic framing of sociocultural discourse
Cross-cultural messaging, story structure, and psychocultural positioning
Stakeholder-aligned narrative architecture and strategic communication
Lived-experience–rooted insight for civic, institutional, diasporic, and community contexts
Advisory on identity, representation, and symbolic conflict

Grounded inquiry into cultural logics, lived experience, and institutional meaning.

Exploring how culture, identity, and place shape collective life.

Creative-city strategy, cultural-economic development, and placemaking
Cultural mapping, community insight, and qualitative evaluation
Identity and asset mapping: artisan traditions, local narratives, grassroots communities
Semi-urban development, agritourism strategy, and destination identity
Meaning-aligned branding for civic institutions and cultural organizations
Creative ecosystem mapping and cultural-policy insight

Understanding how symbolism, ideology, and representation circulate across platforms.

Media and audience studies, representation, and cultural semiotics
Ideological analysis: antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and identity discourse across digital terrains
Digital culture, illness communities, and activist ecosystems
Research support for documentary and long-form nonfiction
Depth interviews, ethnographic attunement, and thematic scaffolding for storytellers

Bridging biomedical research, lived experience, and cultural meaning.

Narrative strategy for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and contested diagnoses
Translational storytelling bridging scientific discourse and patient epistemology
Peer mentorship, medical translation, and coalition-building
Symbolic and cultural analysis of medical marginality and misrecognition
Patient-centered frameworks for institutions, health-innovation groups, and advocacy organizations

Bringing symbolic depth and clarity into public and institutional narratives.

Translating complex theory into accessible insight.

Teaching in cultural theory, media studies, symbolic systems, and qualitative research
Guest lectures, public talks, and research-based presentations
Mentorship in writing, analysis, and narrative framing
Pedagogical design integrating interpretive and psychocultural approaches

A reflective, non-clinical practice centered on identity, emotional life, and symbolic repair.

1:1 reflective sessions on identity, illness, and symbolic reframing
Narrative repair for contested identities and symbolic rupture
Exploration of survival selves, emotional constraint, and patterned meaning-making
Insight-focused work on symbolic defenses, identity doubling, and adaptive coping
Reflective, symbolic, and meaning-making processes (Not psychotherapy)

The interpretive tools underlying my practice.

Where this work operates.