About Me

At the heart of my approach, I believe that a compassionate and collaborative relationship is vital for therapy to be successful. Therapy can be challenging at times and entail hard work, but when endeavored upon in the care of a trusted therapist, can be profoundly meaningful, and offer opportunities not only to deepen our understanding of ourselves, but also connect us with the rest of humanity. 

If you decide to come in, it is my hope that you will feel supported, encouraged, and challenged in our working relationship to reach your therapy goals, and find strength, new insights, and resilience. 

As a both a cognitive-behaviorally and relationally trained therapist, and attachment theory researcher, I believe that our early life experiences influence our present understanding. I know that it can be hard to experience hope when we feel stuck in old patterns of thinking and feeling about life, ourselves, and our relationships. This can lead to feelings of stress, confusion, unhappiness, or disappointment. I work to help individuals and couples to examine these patterns and to explore and experiment with new ways of thinking and acting, which in turn can have dramatic impact on how they are feeling.

Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.  Harry Stack Sullivan

Background

I am a licensed professional counselor who has been working with clients in the Washington, DC area and beyond for over fifteen years. I have experience practicing in a wide variety of settings — college campuses, non-profit clinics, intensive outpatient psychiatric treatment centers, as well as in private practice. In addition to my practice, I am an adjunct professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the George Washington University, and offer supervision for counselors seeking licensure in Washington, DC.

I received my Ph.D. from the department of Counseling and Human Development at the George Washington University. I have also earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. I have received pre and postdoctoral training in a variety of settings, including the Rosenblum Adolescent Center, Services to Overcome Drug Abuse Among Teenagers (SODAT – Delaware), the Community Counseling Services Center (CCSC) at the George Washington University, and the Couples Therapy program at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

Licensure

Licensed professional counselor in the District of Columbia and Virginia

(DC License #: PRC14751, VA License #: 0701010119)

Nationally Certified Counselor 

(Certificate #:330868)