Licensed to practice in Massachusetts and accepts 17 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Life Transitions and 6 more.
(she/her)
New to Grow
A warm, thoughtful, collaborative, and genuine approach guides my work. Humor, creativity, curiosity, and compassion all have a place in the process, alongside evidence-based approaches tailored to each client’s needs and goals. My goal is to create a space where you can reflect openly, feel supported, deepen your understanding of yourself, and approach what you are carrying with greater care. My background includes experience as a school-based clinician, an outpatient therapist, and a pediatric behavioral health clinician within a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital. Across these settings, I have supported children, adolescents, adults, and families navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, identity, relationships, emotional regulation, and self-esteem. These experiences have reinforced my belief that people are more than the challenges bringing them to therapy. Clients already carry strengths, knowledge, and resilience, and our work can help them reconnect with and build upon those parts of themselves.
Beginning therapy can bring a mix of emotions, including hope, uncertainty, curiosity, relief, or even hesitation. The first session is an opportunity to slow down, get to know one another, and begin developing a shared understanding of what brings you to therapy at this point in your life. We may talk about current challenges, important life experiences, relationships, sources of support, and what you hope might be different moving forward. There is no expectation that you arrive with a clear roadmap, a perfectly organized story, or a specific place to begin. Many people come to therapy carrying questions that feel difficult to answer, emotions that seem contradictory, or experiences that are hard to put into words. The first session is not about having everything figured out. Instead, it is a chance to start exploring those experiences together and identifying what feels most important to understand. You are encouraged to bring whatever feels relevant, whether that is a specific concern, a general sense that something is not working, a major life transition, or simply a desire to know yourself more deeply. Some parts of your story may feel easy to discuss, while others may take time. Both are welcome. Questions about the therapy process are also welcome, and we can use our first meeting to determine whether working together feels like a good fit. Above all, the first session is a place to begin. Together, we will start developing a clearer picture of your experiences, your goals, and what a meaningful therapeutic process might look like for you.
Therapy often begins in places that feel uncertain, complicated, or difficult to navigate alone. I enjoy helping clients make sense of those experiences by bringing attention to the nuances, patterns, and strengths that may be harder to see from the inside. Sometimes what brings someone to therapy is clear, while other times it feels more difficult to put into words. Emotions can feel conflicting, needs can compete with one another, and long-standing patterns may no longer fit in the ways they once did. Part of my role is helping clients slow down, become curious about their experiences, and develop a deeper understanding of what may be happening beneath the surface. Therapy is not always about finding immediate answers or solutions. Often, meaningful change begins with creating space to reflect, explore, and make sense of the thoughts, emotions, relationships, and experiences that shape our lives. My work frequently centers on helping clients better understand their inner world, recognize what may no longer be serving them, and reconnect with the values, relationships, and parts of themselves that matter most. I believe people are more than the challenges that bring them to therapy. While pain, uncertainty, and struggle deserve attention and care, they rarely tell the whole story. Clients often carry insight, resilience, wisdom, creativity, and strengths that can become more difficult to access during stressful or overwhelming periods of life. Therapy can offer an opportunity to reconnect with those parts of yourself while developing new ways of understanding and responding to life's challenges. Together, we can explore patterns, deepen self-understanding, and consider ways of moving forward that feel realistic, intentional, and aligned with who you are. My goal is not to tell you who to be or what path to choose, but to create a space where greater clarity, self-awareness, and meaningful change can emerge.
I work best with adolescents and adults who feel anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves and want support making sense of what they are experiencing. You may be navigating a life transition, relationship stress, identity questions, self-esteem concerns, or patterns of people-pleasing, perfectionism, masking, or overthinking. You may understand what is happening intellectually but still have difficulty knowing what to do differently. My approach may be a good fit if you want therapy to feel collaborative and reflective while also being grounded in evidence-based care. Our work can focus on helping you understand your patterns, trust yourself more fully, and make choices that better reflect your needs and values.
I use a person-centered approach that recognizes each client as the expert on their own experiences. Our work is collaborative and grounded in curiosity, compassion, and respect for your individual needs, values, and pace. I aim to create space for honest reflection while helping you better understand yourself, recognize your strengths, and make choices that feel more aligned with who you are.
I use an eclectic approach to therapy, thoughtfully drawing from different evidence-based practices depending on each client’s needs, goals, and lived experience. This allows our work together to be flexible, collaborative, and responsive, while supporting clients in building insight, coping skills, self-understanding, and meaningful change.
I incorporate psychoeducation to help clients better understand their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, nervous system responses, and relationship patterns. By building insight into what may be happening and why, clients can feel more empowered, reduce self-blame, and develop practical tools for coping, communication, and meaningful change.