I am a postdoctoral psychologist with over six years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups in many life stages, from late adolescence to older adulthood. The struggles that you may want to work on in therapy are uniquely yours, but I am exceptionally prepared to help you with relationship problems, career aspirations, and overcoming experiences of childhood abuse, neglect, and other damaging familial relational patterns. Work in therapy may also include finding a sense of meaning and/or belonging, regulating intense emotional reactions, grappling with issues around gender norms, resolving conflicts related to religious and cultural practices, coping with physical injury and medical diagnoses, and managing excessive risk-taking, addictions involving substance use, gambling, or trading.

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My orientation is primarily psychodynamic, bringing into awareness entrenched and often unconscious ways of relating to ourselves and others so that we become more open to new and reparative experiences, including the healing processes of psychotherapy. I believe that searching for meaning and connection is a lifelong pursuit, and our actions, thoughts, and feelings are expressions of that worthy quest. My approach is to help you articulate your life’s narrative: understanding what came before, how it impacts the present, and how to navigate the future. Although we all have parts that may keep us stuck in unrewarding or harmful patterns, we also have an innate capacity to heal, grow, and change. Finding a way to acknowledge and integrate the various parts of yourself that are in conflict is a challenge that I invite you to undertake and explore with me.

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While I foster deep emotional engagement in psychotherapy, I also approach problems from multiple angles when appropriate. Drawing from modalities such as dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and emotional and relational-focused psychotherapies, our sessions may explore skills you can learn and implement now while developing long-term deeper understanding and new ways of relating. 

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I practiced law for 12 years and subsequently pursued training in psychology, recognizing a long-standing passion. I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University and completed my predoctoral internship at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. My research has included work on the culture of masculinity and its derivatives.

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I look forward to working with you.