I view this work as a vocation and believe in keeping therapy affordable and accessible. I thrive when getting to the root of an issue and assisting clients to see themselves and others differently. My goal and purpose is to assist in shifting thought patterns that are not helpful and to provide hope and a new outlook to my clients.
I am licensed and offer virtual Telehealth sessions throughout New York State and Florida.
While an undergraduate at Columbia University, I chose to study both Psychology and Anthropology, as I felt that the two disciplines were inseparable; I believe that we cannot truly understand a person’s habits, choices, and patterns of thinking unless we understand where they are situated. A chance encounter with an explosion near Grand Central Station during this time helped me understand the impact of trauma first-hand and sent me down the path of seeking to understand how to heal it as a result.
A thinker as well as a feeler, I enjoy challenging my clients to think about situations differently. I am deliberate about asking questions in sessions that will open up deeper layers of conversation and provide opportunities to challenge your perspective, an intervention also known as socratic questioning.
I utilize an integrative approach in my work, drawing from psychodynamic, cognitive, family systems and humanistic philosophies and I believe that therapy should provide clients with tangible tools to make real changes in their lives.
In our work together we will explore your values, family dynamics, intergenerational themes, inherited beliefs, strategies for getting needs met and models for emotional expression and coping. We will work to challenge existing negative core beliefs that you may hold as well as discover your relationship to boundaries in different areas of your life. I am partial to evidence-based interventions and tend to utilize elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with most clients. However, as a clinical social worker, I believe that one’s environment and broader social context is important to consider as well.
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I have specialized training in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD.