There are many reasons to start therapy. For many, it’s a feeling of suffering, misalignment, or unease in a part of (or much of) one’s life. For others, it’s a sense of curiosity, a question about yourself or others. We develop in relationship to the world around us, and working in relationship is what helps us recognize ourselves from our habitual patterns and change. This process takes effort, abiding kindness, honesty, close attention to your speech, as well as curiosity and playfulness. Forming a relationship with you is important to me. Our work closely considers your speech and your desire, your patterns, your wishes, fantasies, thoughts, and feelings at the level of your mind and body. My ideal client is anyone who is motivated to look at themselves honestly (or wants to be), who is open to considering being willing to have a more satisfying life, and who is open to having fun.
I work to create a space that feels natural for you, in which you can experience yourself with awareness. Together, we work to identify what you feel and think in the present moment. We explore what you are experiencing when you experience tension. We identify the views and patterns that get you stuck. We make sense of what keeps these patterns going. My goal is to help you think clearly and feel fully so you can create the internal and external conditions for ease and contentment. And, if all goes well, that is just the beginning.
There are many reasons to start therapy. For many, it’s a feeling of suffering, misalignment, or unease in a part of (or much of) one’s life. For others, it’s a sense of curiosity, a question about yourself or others. We develop in relationship to the world around us, and working in relationship is what helps us recognize ourselves from our habitual patterns and change. This process takes effort, abiding kindness, honesty, close attention to your speech, as well as curiosity and playfulness. Forming a relationship with you is important to me. Our work closely considers your speech and your desire, your patterns, your wishes, fantasies, thoughts, and feelings at the level of your mind and body. My ideal client is anyone who is motivated to look at themselves honestly (or wants to be), who is open to considering being willing to have a more satisfying life, and who is open to having fun.
I work to create a space that feels natural for you, in which you can experience yourself with awareness. Together, we work to identify what you feel and think in the present moment. We explore what you are experiencing when you experience tension. We identify the views and patterns that get you stuck. We make sense of what keeps these patterns going. My goal is to help you think clearly and feel fully so you can create the internal and external conditions for ease and contentment. And, if all goes well, that is just the beginning.
“Human beings cannot help but consider themselves to be . . . missing something.”
I am a Clinical Psychologist in New York, California, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey. I earned a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology at Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. I am Psychodynamically oriented with a patient-centered and eclectic therapeutic approach, I mold each treatment to the needs of the individual, integrating ACT, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness techniques into traditional psychodynamic treatment when useful.
I am currently in psychoanalytic training in Lacanian Psychoanalysis at NUCEP, in Madrid, Spain, and a participant in the Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association’s Program. I currently work with adults. I trained in hospitals, college counseling centers, community organizations, and community mental health clinics in New York City and Philadelphia, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, The City University of New York – Baruch College, the Behavioral Wellness Center at Girard, and the Attic Youth Center. I completed my postdoctoral training at Pratt Institute and the Williamsburg Therapy Group.
Since my training, I have worked with individuals from diverse groups in residential substance use treatment, inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, as well as in community-based and hospital-based outpatient clinics and college counseling.My doctoral research focused on the relevance of PrEP for gay men. I have offered seminars the impact of COVID on LGBTQ+ and POC communities. I am a cofounder of the Get It Together Coalition, a non-profit organization in West Hollywood focused on collaborating with local organizations to find new solutions to heal and support all LGBTQ+ communities. I participated in a series of workshops promoting substance use prevention and management for gay men who engage in chemsex.
