Maya Angelou: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
My Training & Credentials
I am passionate about staying current with the most effective, research-backed treatment approaches. I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders, addictions, trauma, and mood disorders, with a deep focus on family of origin and family systems work. I also have extensive experience supporting individuals and families navigating all aspects of the recovery journey, reconnection, and repair.
- Modalities: I am a deeply relational and spiritual behaviorist. I integrate behavioral and somatic approaches in an intentional, practical, and embodied way that is specific and personal to you and your values.
- Education: Silverman School of Social Work at Hunter College. National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Trauma Cohort. Three years of postgraduate training in family and couples therapy at the Ackerman Institute in NYC.
- Intensive Training: I have intensive training in DBT through Behavioral Tech, including Foundations and Intensive Training, DBT for Couples, DBT for Substance Use Disorders, and Advanced DBT for Eating Disorders. My training also includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); EFT (Levels 1-3) with Dawson Church, PhD; Sex and Intimacy for Couples at the Ackerman Institute; Somatic CBT; Somatic Experiencing; Internal Family Systems; Relational Life Therapy (RLT) with Terry Real; and Relational Trauma Repair (RTR) with Tian Dayton. I am an ongoing researcher of the human experience.
- Contributions: I am an active member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and a published contributor to Psychology Today and Thrive Global.
Life is complex and messy. Change is really hard. The good news is, you don't have to do it perfectly, and you don't have to do it alone.
My approach is relational and collaborative. While I'm an expert in specific, evidence-based treatments, you are the expert on your life. Together, we find solutions that work for you and your loved ones in a gentle, non-judgmental, human way. We'll use skill, humor, and the balance of acceptance and change to help you build the life you want to be living.
We Validate, Tolerate, and Integrate. As a systemically trained social worker, I believe we are the sum of all our lived experiences, including the intergenerational ones and the impact of the systems in our culture and environments. The goal is to understand ourselves and our history, rather than judge it. Identify how it actually makes a lot of sense that we are exactly the way we are, and come by it honestly. From there, we learn skills and take actions to show up more effectively and authentically in our lives. And make changes to patterns, our programming, our relationships, and our belief systems that get in the way of the life we want.
I am so glad you are here. We've got this.