Licensed to practice in New York and accepts 14 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD and 10 more.
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I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Kripalu-trained yoga teacher, and Level 2 Reiki Practitioner. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or don’t know where to begin, you are in the right place. Maybe you overthink, intellectualize, or rationalize your way through difficult experiences. Maybe you’ve become disconnected from your emotions, or you know something isn’t working but can’t quite figure out how to change it. Therapy can be a space to slow down, get curious, and better understand what’s happening beneath the surface. I’ve worked across outpatient mental health, schools, and crisis settings, supporting teens, adults, and families through anxiety, depression, ADHD, burnout, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, people-pleasing, boundary difficulties, and harsh self-criticism. My experience in crisis work has shaped how I show up as a therapist: grounded, empathetic, calm, and direct. I use approaches including DBT, TF-CBT, and PRT to help identify and shift patterns that may be keeping you stuck. Together, we explore the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors—not just to understand the pattern, but to create new ways of responding. We also make space for the language and wisdom of your emotions, including the feelings that may be uncomfortable, confusing, or easy to dismiss. You are the expert in your own lived experience. No person, book, or ideology should supersede your innate wisdom. My role is not to tell you who you are or how you should feel, but to help you strengthen your fluency in the language of your emotions so you can better understand yourself, trust yourself, and move through life with greater clarity and self-compassion. My approach is collaborative and personalized. I draw from evidence-based therapy alongside mind-body practices when they feel supportive and aligned with your goals.
In your first session, we’ll begin building a foundation for our work together by creating space to get to know each other and understand your unique experiences. We’ll explore what brings you to therapy, what you hope to work toward, and the goals that feel most meaningful to you. You’ll have space to ask questions and share what feels most important as we determine how therapy can best support you. We’ll also review your intake information, identify patterns and strengths, and begin creating a treatment plan that aligns with your needs and preferences.
My strengths as a therapist are rooted in empathy, curiosity, and a grounded presence. I listen closely—not just to what you say, but to the patterns underneath it. Together, we explore the connection between your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships, with curiosity rather than judgment. I’m warm and compassionate, while also being direct when it’s helpful. Most importantly, I respect that you are the expert in your own experience. My role is to help you better understand yourself, reconnect with your emotions, and find ways of moving forward that feel true to you.
You may be a good fit for my practice if you’re someone who tends to overthink, intellectualize, or rationalize your experiences, even when part of you knows there’s more going on beneath the surface. Maybe you feel overwhelmed, disconnected from your emotions, stuck in patterns that no longer feel helpful, or unsure how to move forward. I work with clients navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, relationship challenges, life transitions, trauma, people-pleasing, boundary difficulties, and harsh self-criticism. I especially enjoy working with people who are curious about themselves and open to deeper exploration and self-discovery. You don’t need to have everything figured out or know exactly where to begin. What matters most is a willingness to get curious, reflect, and engage in the process. Together, we’ll work toward greater self-understanding, self-compassion, and trust in your own experience, while developing practical tools to help you navigate life with more clarity and intention.
I use DBT to help you slow down and understand what’s happening beneath your reactions. We explore the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, while building practical skills to respond differently when old patterns leave you feeling stuck. The goal isn’t to control or get rid of difficult emotions, but to better understand them and have more choice in how you respond.
I take a mind-body approach to therapy, recognizing that our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical experiences are deeply connected. Sometimes the body notices things before the mind has words for them. Together, we’ll slow down and pay attention to how your emotions show up in your body, using mindfulness and other mind-body practices to help you feel more grounded, present, and connected to yourself. These practices are not about forcing yourself to relax or “fix” uncomfortable feelings. Instead, they offer another way to listen, understand what you’re experiencing, and develop greater awareness and self-compassion.
I use mindfulness to help you slow down and become more aware of what’s happening within you. In session, we may practice noticing your thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations without immediately analyzing, rationalizing, or pushing them away. This can be especially helpful if you tend to overthink or feel disconnected from your emotions. Rather than using mindfulness to quiet your mind or get rid of difficult feelings, I use it to help you become more curious about your internal experience and the messages your emotions may be communicating. Over time, this practice can create more space between what you feel and how you respond, helping you develop greater self-awareness, intention, and self-compassion.
I use a trauma-informed approach by honoring your pace, boundaries, and sense of choice throughout the therapeutic process. Together, we explore how past experiences may have shaped the ways you think, feel, relate, and respond today—including patterns that may have once helped you cope but no longer feel helpful. Rather than judging or trying to change these responses, we approach them with curiosity and compassion. My role is to help you understand yourself more deeply, reconnect with your strengths, and find ways to navigate what comes next with greater clarity and self-trust.
I use principles from Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an approach originally developed for children and adolescents, to inform my work with clients of all ages. It helps us understand how difficult experiences may continue to shape the way you think, feel, and respond today. Together, we explore the beliefs and patterns that developed around those experiences and gently examine whether they still serve you. When appropriate, we may work through difficult memories and emotions in a way that feels manageable and grounded, while building practical tools for coping and emotional regulation. My goal is to help you make sense of what happened without letting it define who you are, and to develop a greater sense of stability, choice, and self-trust moving forward.