Silas Norum-Gross

they/them

TherapistSocial Worker

Credentials: LMSW, CASAC-T

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About

My name is Silas. I'm a white, trans/non-binary, anti-zionist, Jewish therapist. I was born and raised in New York City, but my heart seeks nature for healing. I'm a gardener, tarot reader, former sex worker and an anti-capitalist.

Services offered

Services

Individual therapyCouples therapyWorkshops

Available for

WorkshopsStaff trainingsStrategic planning

Speaking topics, trainings & workshops

Queering Recovery: Harm Reduction and Nuanced Care. Sex worker-affirming therapy. Trans and gender expansive-affirming therapy.

Focus areas & populations

Focus areas

Eating Disorders — generalSubstance useAlcohol useTobacco/nicotineTraumaGriefReproductive justiceMutual aidPeople in active substance use

Communities served

Mental healthChildren & youth (under 18)Adults (18–64)LGBTQIA+ communitiesNeurodivergent communities

Identity & values

Values & commitments

Harm reductionFree PalestineSex worker affirming

Identities & communities

WhiteTrans/non-binaryJewishAnti-zionist

Lived experience

In recoveryAnti-capitalistFormer sex workerWitchNon-monogamous for 10+ yearsLost close friends to the opioid epidemicHousing insecurityNeurodivergentDiagnosed with an eating disorder and still navigating disordered eatingSubstance useMental health

Practice & approach

Somatic therapyIFSPsychodynamic approaches

Tarot.

What harm reduction means in practice

Literally reducing harm, however that manifests for you, as well as sovereignty and self-determination for all high-risk communities. I believe that harm reduction allows us to think beyond the capitalist, binary perception that we are either "healed" or "sick." I believe it teaches us that nothing is linear and progress can appear in many different ways. Finally, I think harm reduction encourages self-compassion in a way that other healing models do not.

Communities, movements & lineages that shaped this work

Sex workers, drug users, and everything I have learned about Indigenous thinking.

Trainings, certifications & community lineages

Coming Together: Courage and Collaboration in Substance Use Psychotherapy (April 2023); Opioid Response Network: Evidence-Based Treatment for Gay and Bisexual Men Who Use Methamphetamine (September 2023); The Alliance X The Center: Eating Disorders in the LGBTQIA+ Community Training (January 2024); Yale LGBTQ-Affirmative Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (April 2024); Complete IFS Therapy Immersion: Integrating the Internal Family Systems Model Across Clinical Applications (July 2025).

Publications, media & written work

https://www.magnolia-psychotherapy.com/post/your-therapist-is-not-okay-normalizing-mental-health-struggles-among-care-providers https://www.magnolia-psychotherapy.com/post/queering-recovery-harm-reduction-and-nuanced-care