Licensed to practice in New Jersey and accepts 7 insurances. Specializes in Parenting, School Issues, Trauma and PTSD and 10 more.
New to Grow
I believe that healing begins with safety, connection, and understanding. Through a polyvagal-informed approach, I help my clients recognize how their nervous system influences their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships. Many of the struggles we experience are not signs of weakness, but adaptive responses to stress, overwhelm, and life experiences. Together, we will develop a greater awareness of your nervous system, strengthen your capacity for regulation, and cultivate a deeper sense of resilience and self-trust. My goal is to help you move beyond merely surviving and toward feeling more connected, empowered, and engaged in your life. By creating a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship, I help clients access their innate capacity to heal, grow, and thrive. For the past twenty years, I have worked as a school counselor, helping children develop emotional intelligence, coping skills, and self-awareness. Throughout my career, I have witnessed the profound impact that relationships rooted in safety, connection, and attuned support can have on healing. I have seen how individuals can begin to release emotional pain and trauma held within the body when provided with the right support and interventions. I have also observed how a dysregulated nervous system—often expressed through fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown responses—can contribute to physical symptoms, repeated diagnostic testing, and medical interventions that fail to address the underlying cause. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), I am able to expand this work beyond the school setting, helping individuals across the lifespan understand how their unique experiences, relationships, and biology influence both their mental and physical well-being. My passion is empowering clients to reconnect with their strengths, develop greater self-compassion, and create lasting change from the inside out.
I view our first session as an opportunity to connect and begin developing an understanding of your goals for therapy. It is also a chance for you to learn more about my approach and how it may support you in achieving those goals. If, by the end of our session, you feel that we are a good fit, we will schedule our next appointment and begin our work together.
My own life experiences have given me a natural ability to connect with others and foster a sense of safety and trust. I believe that working with a therapist who is authentic, genuine, and committed to their own personal growth allows a client's nervous system to relax, feel safe, and engage more fully in the therapeutic process. Once safety and connection have been established, I draw from an eclectic blend of therapeutic approaches tailored to each client's unique needs. While Polyvagal Theory serves as my overarching framework, I also incorporate approaches that explore thought patterns, self-care practices, inner dialogue, personal strengths, and the impact of past experiences. By listening carefully to your story, understanding your goals, and recognizing your strengths, I am able to develop a personalized plan that supports meaningful and lasting change. Additionally, I am a certified Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) practitioner. SSP is a non-invasive, passive listening intervention that uses specially filtered music to support nervous system regulation through vagal engagement and auditory system strengthening. At times, even with the strongest motivation to change, the nervous system can create barriers that make progress feel difficult. SSP can be a valuable complement to therapy, helping clients achieve a greater sense of regulation and increasing their capacity to engage in the therapeutic process. Clients I have worked with using SSP have presented with a wide range of concerns, including newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes, emotional regulation challenges, ADHD, anxiety, depression, low motivation, sound sensitivities, sensory processing difficulties, behavioral challenges at school, low self-esteem, and unexplained physical symptoms. Through improved nervous system regulation, many clients have experienced a greater sense of control, resilience, and trust in their bodies, allowing them to move forward with increased confidence and well-being.
Other specialties
I identify as
Polyvagal Therapy
I help my clients understand how their body responds to stress, danger, and connection, and teach skills to regulate the nervous system. Through increased awareness, grounding strategies, breathing, mindfulness, and safe relational experiences, my clients learn to move out of survival responses such as fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown and into a calmer, more connected state.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental approach that helps my clients explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a safe and accepting environment. I help my clients build self-awareness, increase confidence, and develop their own insight and ability to make meaningful changes.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I help my clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that may be contributing to distress. My clients learn practical coping skills, problem-solving strategies, and healthier thinking patterns to improve emotional regulation, reduce symptoms, and support positive behavior change.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
I focus on my client’s strengths, successes, and ability to create positive change. Rather than focusing primarily on problems or past experiences, this therapy helps clients identify practical solutions, build on what is already working, and develop achievable steps toward their goals.
Psychoeducation
I provide my clients with information and understanding about their mental health, emotions, behaviors, coping skills, and treatment strategies. I offer this for parents as well, to better support their child both at home and at school.