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New to Grow
I moved to California from New York City 5 years ago. Prior to becoming a full-time clinician in California, I spent over a decade conducting research in the field of clinical psychiatry, focusing on attachment, trauma, suicide prevention, Veteran's mental health and Borderline Personality Disorder. I have worked in academic medical centers such as Columbia University Medical Center, the New York State Psychiatric Institute and The James J. Peter's Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, as well as in community mental health and psychoanalytic training settings, giving me experience supporting individuals with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns. My clinical experience includes providing individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy, conducting comprehensive clinical assessments, crisis intervention, and developing specialized treatment groups. I earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from The New School for Social Research, and a Master of Social Work from New York University, where I graduated summa cum laude.
I practice from a trauma-informed, relational psychodynamic and attachment-based perspective, exploring how early relationships and life experiences continue to shape how you see yourself, relate to others, and navigate the world. I also incorporate parts work to help clients understand and compassionately relate to the different aspects of themselves that have developed in response to life experiences. Together, we'll look beyond symptoms to understand the deeper patterns that keep repeating. While insight can be transformative, lasting change also comes through new relational experiences and practical tools. When appropriate, I integrate evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy to support emotional regulation, reduce anxiety, process trauma, and build effective coping skills. Rather than following a one-size-fits-all model, I tailor therapy to your unique needs. Whether you're seeking deeper self-understanding, practical strategies, or a combination of both, we'll work collaboratively toward meaningful and lasting change.
Attachment Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early relationships and emotional experiences shape how we relate to ourselves and others throughout life. I view many current struggles—such as difficulties in relationships, self-esteem, anxiety, or emotional regulation—as understandable adaptations to earlier experiences where needs for safety, consistency, or emotional attunement may not have been fully met. My training in attachment began during graduate studies at The New School for Social Research and continued through clinical and research work at The Center for Attachment Research, where I studied how early caregiver–child relationships influence emotional regulation, identity development, and patterns of connection across the lifespan.
EMDR is an evidence-based approach designed to help people process and reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories, while supporting the nervous system in developing a greater sense of safety and stability. For some clients, EMDR may be used as a focused treatment to target specific traumatic experiences or distressing symptoms. For others, it is incorporated within ongoing psychodynamic and attachment-based therapy to support deeper processing of experiences that emerge over time in the context of relational work. In either format, EMDR is used in a collaborative and paced way, guided by each client’s readiness and capacity. The goal is not to erase past experiences, but to help them feel less overwhelming and more integrated, so that they no longer interfere with present-day functioning, relationships, or sense of self.
My work with trauma has taken place across community mental health, academic medical, and clinical training settings, where I have supported children, teens and adults with a wide range of complex trauma histories, including childhood trauma, attachment wounds, interpersonal violence, military and combat trauma, and chronic stress. I understand trauma not only as a response to overwhelming events, but also as something that can shape how a person experiences themselves, others, and the world long after the original events have passed. In therapy, I focus on helping clients make sense of these experiences at a pace that feels safe, while also supporting emotional regulation, grounding, and increased capacity for reflection and connection. My approach is trauma-informed and integrative, drawing from psychodynamic, attachment-based, CBT, DBT, and EMDR-informed methods when appropriate. This allows me to tailor treatment to each person’s needs—whether the work involves deeper processing of past experiences, building coping skills for present distress, or strengthening the capacity for more secure and stable relationships over time.