Gretchen Winterkorn is a Psychotherapist, Flower Farmer, and fellow human being working through the muck of life with her family and on her farm BIRDESS in the Hudson Valley of NY. She previously founded and led a large private group practice of therapists working in her relational style "Winterkorn Counseling & Psychotherapy" in New York City. Her work and thinking about using one's self as a therapist has been published in the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health which she has presented in numerous juried conferences including at Catholic University and the New School for Social Research.