What should I expect in our first session?
You should expect to feel listened to with respect, openness, and curiosity. My goal is to provide a space that is safe for people to explore feelings and ideas authentically and to begin processing hardships, conflicts, and traumas. I believe everyone has a unique story to tell and deserves the space to express themselves freely. I will collaborate with you to create a roadmap for the unique journey of discovery, change, and improved well-being.
How do you describe your therapeutic approach?
Therapy begins with listening with careful attunement to understand a person. It is with this attunement that I feel I can draw from technique in a way that is personalized and effective. As an integrative psychotherapist, I draw from psychodynamic approaches (with a relational and interpersonal emphasis), DBT, mindfulness, and CBT.
How long have you been practicing? What has your counseling experience been like?
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over ten years of experience treating a diverse range of individuals. I am particularly experienced in providing individual and group psychotherapy and conducting diagnostic assessments. I’ve worked with children, adolescents, and adults ages 7 to 65 in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings such as private practice, hospitals, university counseling centers, and community mental health clinics.
What do you specialize in?
I specialize in performance issues, perfectionism, and fear of failure. I collaborate with clients to get in touch with their authentic desires and achieve the change they wish to see in their lives.
What are research areas you are interested in?
Perfectionism, performance, emotion regulation, relationship functioning.
What’s the most rewarding part of your job?
Having the privilege to learn about people in great depth and to help them get what they want they want out of life.
What inspired you to get into counseling?
I have always been deeply curious about people’s lives and passionate about finding harmony with others in different areas of life. That has translated into pursuing a career of helping others achieve this harmony for themselves.
In another life, if you weren’t working in counseling, what would you be doing?
DJ/Music production
What’s something your clients might be surprised to learn about you?
That I was simultaneously a collegiate athlete and an oboist in my college orchestra.
What is a self-care ritual you practice?
Mindfulness practice, particularly with movement and different forms of physical activity. Whether it’s a short walk around South Pointe Park in Miami, F45 training, or a Pilgrimage through Spain, I find that movement reliably helps me feel centered and clear-headed.