I work with individuals and couples facing grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, and life transitions in young adulthood.

I maintain a focus on illness (both acute and chronic) and medical trauma. I have particular experience working with people affected by Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune issues, including support partners/loved ones. I work with those adjusting to a new diagnosis, ongoing or worsened symptoms, relationship strain, identity issues, caregiving, and children of ill parents.

Navigating illness can be a tremendous stressor, and the mind and body are deeply connected. Therapy offers space to process, understand, and cope with the emotional realities of physical illness.

I practice from a relational, psychodynamic foundation and integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as needed.

My aim is to help you understand and transform your distress, not just better control it. Our work will focus on the underlying patterns that are quietly keeping you stuck, distressed, or unfulfilled. I believe that effective therapy goes beyond learning skills and making behavior changes. While these strategies are important, wellbeing and lasting change come from improved self-awareness, tolerance of uncertainty, stronger relationships, and connection to a sense of meaning and purpose.

To learn more about psychodynamic therapy, ACT, and EMDR, see the resources below:

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2010/01/psychodynamic-therapy

https://www.apa.org/topics/psychotherapy/emdr-therapy-ptsd

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-act-therapy

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/11/meaning

I attended the Smith College School for Social Work, where I studied psychoanalytic theory and practice. I earned my BA from Brown University.

Past employment and training sites include Wicker Therapy Group, Karen Horney Clinic, Walnut Psychotherapy Center, and the Federal Defenders of New York.

I trained in EMDR at the Trauma Institute and Child Trauma Institute.