Clinical Psychologist
In Network: Aetna
I am a Clinical Psychologist with 20+ years of experience in various settings, including many years in private practice in NYC. I work with adults (18+) and couples of diverse backgrounds, presenting various issues, including anxiety, depression, relationship and career struggles, women’s issues, and trauma. I have a special interest in working with psychological, social, and couples’ issues involved in reproductive health, as well as in the areas of career planning, job transitions, and executive coaching.
I am a warm, patient-centered therapist who utilizes several psychological orientations to inform my work, including psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral theories. I am invested in helping individuals and couples more effectively cope with psychological symptoms arising from everyday and significant life challenges and transitions by balancing insight with practical solutions. My goal is to identify creative and valuable insights and perspectives that can lead to productive changes in behavior within a supportive therapeutic environment.
My particular interest in reproductive trauma (pregnancy loss, infertility, stillbirth) is informed by conducting research and treating patients in this area over many years. While women (as well as many non-binary trans-persons) essentially bear the burden of pregnancy and the potential complications that can be associated with it, reproductive struggles can also affect couples and families in profound ways. These dynamics can often be challenging given the differences in how reproductive issues are experienced by each partner and within a larger family unit.
I have also spent many years consulting with organizations in areas such as leadership development, executive coaching, and career transition assessment. This aspect of my career has proven invaluable to my work as a therapist, as it has given me both insight and perspective on how traditional corporations operate from the inside and how that compares to startups, creative enterprises, and family-run businesses. These issues can be critical, as our identities, self-esteem, relationship building, and motivations are revealed clearly through the lens of our professional lives.
Lastly, I genuinely enjoy providing clinical supervision to train candidates for psychology, social work, and mental health counseling. I am committed to teaching fundamentals to others who are as passionate about the work as I am. I value how challenging it can be as we develop our professional confidence and skills. In supervision, we will focus on all aspects of the therapeutic relationship between the supervisee and patient, evaluating the best interventions in the short term, as well as monitoring the larger trajectory of the process as the therapy progresses. We will also focus on the supervisee's perspective and responses to treating individuals/couples and how those experiences contribute to their professional development.
I encourage you to contact me to discuss possibly beginning individual or couples therapy or supervision.
I look forward to working with you.