Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
In-network: Aetna, Columbia, New School, Fordham, FIT, and Pratt Student Insurances
Warm welcome!
I am a postdoctoral psychologist experienced in individual, group, and couples psychotherapy with adults across their lifespan. I have worked with people facing depression and mood disorders, anxiety, trauma and its aftermath, grief and loss, work, family, intimate relationship conflicts, and stress in its various forms and manifestations, including substance use and misuse and other behavioral challenges. I work with people from all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, races, genders, sexualities, and abilities along the full spectrum of our diverse and intersecting identities that form humanity's tapestry.
I am committed to creating a therapeutic space that is welcoming, warm, authentic, supportive, and caring - and, at times, appropriately challenging. I strive to understand the struggles you may be experiencing in the context of your unique identities and the communities in which you live. I work hard to come to know your world and what might help you understand, heal, recover, grow, and learn more adaptive coping skills that can lead to a more fulfilling life that is your own, shared with those you value and who support you.
I work from an integrative lens, with training and experience in various evidence-based practices, including acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. I will work with you to identify your therapeutic goals to facilitate those changes that are your priority. I am intentional about connecting and understanding how psychotherapy and evidence-based care practices can best serve facets of your intersecting identities. I also value a strong working relationship as a core part of our work. I will listen to you and your feedback, recognize your strengths and vulnerabilities, and support you according to your goals, values, and dreams. I hope to propel you toward a more full, authentic, fulfilling, and less encumbered (by symptoms) life.
I earned my doctoral degree from Palo Alto University. I trained at various community mental health settings and Denver Health Medical Center. I’ve worked on substance use, longstanding and acute psychiatric illnesses, and forensic populations. I am well prepared for challenges that we can take on together.
I am eager to support you in your healing journey. Please feel free to contact me and schedule an initial session.