I am a licensed clinical psychologist, dedicated to providing empathic counseling services to children, adolescents, and adults. I graduated from Antioch University New England with a doctorate in clinical psychology. My training consisted of providing individual therapy, group therapy, consultation, and assessments, across development, in both outpatient and clinical settings, as well as in educational settings. Over the past 9 years, I worked in the public school system, where I provided individual therapy, consultation, and crisis intervention. I also conducted extensive psychological and psychoeducational assessment batteries for the purposes of diagnostic clarification and special education eligibility. My goal in therapy and in assessment is to help children, adolescents, and adults make sense of their approach to the world, understand potential challenges, and access effective coping strategies.

PsyD Clinical Psychology, Antioch University New England

Dissertation: “Disclosure and Nondisclosure in Clinical Supervision: Negotiation of the Learning/Vulnerability Paradox”

MS Clinical Psychology, Antioch University New England

BA Psychology, French Minor, Fairfield University

My approach

I maintain a collaborative and integrative approach to therapy, basing my interventions on cognitive and relational theories within a psychodynamic framework (i.e., CMT). I believe that the therapeutic relationship, built on trust, empathy, and communication, is essential for change to occur.

I believe that individuals are hardwired for adaptation and are continuously engaged in the appraisal of safety and danger (Control-Mastery Theory; CMT; Weiss, 1993). These assumptions inform the map-making process, as individuals develop and test ideas about how the world operates in order to establish what is safe and what is dangerous . Based on this map, beliefs are formed about the self, others, and the world. Throughout our lives, we may be exposed to trauma or Trauma, which necessarily impacts our map of reality.

I often draw upon my training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and psychodynamic interventions in order to meet my clients where they are at and help them move through the change process. Regardless of the interventions we choose to use, I believe that creating a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship/environment is essential.