My Approach
People come to me for a variety of reasons, including support with life transitions, family dynamics, self-esteem issues, and immigration or race-based stress. I offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental container to explore these experiences. My practice focuses on helping relieve symptoms as well as fostering personal strengths and helping people harness the resources available to them. My practice also examines how identity and social injustice––particularly experiences of racism and immigration––affect psychological wellbeing.
I assess each person individually, starting from the fundamental belief that you are an expert in your own life. I supplement my psychodynamic perspective with experiential, relational, and behavioral therapies to create a flexible, evolving treatment. Together, we will identify recurring themes and patterns in your life; explore your dreams and fears; and discover how the past shapes how you see the world and relate to others.
Recognizing the limits of intellectual insight alone, we will also focus on the here-and-now emotions that come up in session. Patients often find that this emotional insight––the ability to express the full range of emotion––resonates on a deeper level and leads to real change.
Experience
I hold a bachelor's degree from Vassar College, and a Masters in Social Work from New York University.
I have completed trainings at Ackerman Institute for the Family, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, the AEDP Institute, and Kip Therapy.
I’ve worked extensively with people of color and immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, and many of my current clients are POC+ and/or queer. I have worked in a range of clinical settings, including a nonprofit working with refugees, a psychotherapy institute, and a community mental health clinic for youth with developmental and intellectual disabilities.