My goal as a psychologist is to help my clients discover meaningful, connected, and fulfilling lives through listening attentively and offering a fresh, thoughtful perspective regarding current struggles. I strive to create a collaborative, caring therapeutic relationship in which clients feel safe to be honest and authentic while doing the uncomfortable and difficult work of pursuing personal growth.
My clinical approach is primarily psychodynamic, meaning that I closely consider an individual’s early life experiences and how they might shape current concerns similarly to how landscape, soil, and weather conditions influence the shape of a tree. While we cannot choose the conditions in which we grew within, I believe that recognizing the impact of our past on our experience of the world gives us more freedom to choose how we want to live. When indicated, I also integrate evidence-based interventions from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy to reach your goals.
My goal as a psychologist is to help my clients discover meaningful, connected, and fulfilling lives through listening attentively and offering a fresh, thoughtful perspective regarding current struggles. I strive to create a collaborative, caring therapeutic relationship in which clients feel safe to be honest and authentic while doing the uncomfortable and difficult work of pursuing personal growth.
My clinical approach is primarily psychodynamic, meaning that I closely consider an individual’s early life experiences and how they might shape current concerns similarly to how landscape, soil, and weather conditions influence the shape of a tree. While we cannot choose the conditions in which we grew within, I believe that recognizing the impact of our past on our experience of the world gives us more freedom to choose how we want to live. When indicated, I also integrate evidence-based interventions from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy to reach your goals.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
I completed my bachelor’s degree at Brown University and gained my first exposure to facilitating therapy as a Spanish interpreter at the Rhode Island Free Clinic, which inspired me to apply to graduate school. While earning my doctorate in clinical psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, I trained in settings ranging from a university counseling center in Westchester county to Brooklyn VA Medical Center and a hospital in Bronx, NY, which exposed me to a variety of clinical presentations. During my clinical internship at White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont, I completed a VA certificate in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD and trained in additional evidence-based psychotherapies such as Prolonged Exposure. I completed a geropsychology minor in my graduate training and received an award for my clinical work and research with older adults, which I’ve published and presented at geropsychology conferences.
