ABOUT ME

I am a psychotherapist with over eighteen years of experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups in a variety of community mental health settings.

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I provide individual counseling and psychotherapy for adults in my private practice.  I commonly work with people with a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, difficult life transitions, trauma, loss, identity concerns, and those feeling stuck or wanting to make a change in their life.

Throughout my career I have had the great privilege of working with people from diverse cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual-orientations, religions, ages, and abilities.  In doing so, I have come to appreciate the uniqueness of each of our lived experiences and how those experiences shape our view of ourselves, and of the world.  I have also learned of our shared humanity and a seemingly universal longing to belong, to be known and accepted for who we are.

I have a profound respect for those engaged in the courageous process of therapy. I feel grateful to be a part of my clients' journey to better understand themselves and to make meaningful change in their lives. 

Education and Certificates:

• New York University, Master of Social Work

• University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachelor of Arts, Applied Psychology

• New York University, Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) Certification

Post-Graduate Trainings:

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

  • Intro to AEDP with Diana Fosha, PhD (AEDP Institute)

  • AEDP Immersion with Diana Fosha (AEDP Institute)

  • The Neuroscience of Trauma and Its Healing with Diana Fosha, PhD and Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD (AEDP Institute)

• Coherence Therapy

  • Intermediate Intensive Training in Coherence Therapy with Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT and Sarah Bridges, PhD (Coherence Psychology Institute)

• Cultural Competency

  • Chinese & Other Asian Students Studying Abroad in the U. S.  (NYU Silver School of Social Work Office of Global and Lifetime Learning)

  • Cultural Competence – A way of connecting with our clients (Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • DBT Skills Training with Marsha Linehan PhD, ABPP (Behavioral Tech)

• Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals with Susan Johnson, EdD (Psychotherapy Networker)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • IFS Level 1 (IFS Institute)

  • IFS in Action with Richard Schwartz, PhD (Psychotherapy Networker)

  • IFS Master Class: Experience IFS in Action with Complex Trauma and PTSD (Psychotherapy Networker)

• Mindfulness Meditation

  • Radical Compassion in a Culture of Contempt with Tara Brach, PhD (Psychotherapy Networker)

  • Empowering Social Workers for Optimal Practice with Robert Schachter, DSW (Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work)

• Misc

  • The Therapist as Social Catalyst with Ester Perel, MA, LMFT (Psychotherapy Networker)

• Motivational Interviewing

  • CUCS Institute

• Somatic Experiencing (SE)

  • The Body as Ally with Peter Levine, PhD (Psychotherapy Networker)

• Trauma

  • Neurobiology and Trauma with Bessel van der Kolk, MD and Daniel Siegel, MD (Psychotherapy Networker)

  • Meet the Masters with Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Claudia Black, PhD, MSW; Tian Dayton, PhD, MA, TEP; and Shelley Uram, MD (The Meadows)

  • Trauma & Its Aftermath: Supporting Persons with Trauma Histories (CUCS Institute)

  • Trauma Informed Care: New Thinking About Trauma and Its Aftermath (CUCS Institute)