For the past decade, I have worked with adults facing a range of concerns--including anxiety, depression, life transitions, explorations of identity, PTSD, and eating disorders. I also have extensive experience with young adults (18-26) navigating their transition into adulthood. I hold degrees from Brown University, UC Berkeley, as well as my clinical degrees (master's and PhD) in Social Work.
In our sessions, I use a blend of relational psychodynamic therapy, internal family systems, and mindfulness-based somatic approaches. Essentially, this means that we'll talk about how your early relationships with loved ones shaped how you view yourself and your relationships today, and we'll pay a lot of attention to how your body reacts when you're feeling stressed or other challenging feelings, using mindfulness-based skills to help you process your emotions and feel more agency around how you respond to them.
In each session, I balance the longer-term work to understand and address the root cause of a client's issues with strategies and next steps they can take in the here and now. I also aim to have each client leave session feeling seen, validated, and more hopeful about the work ahead of them.
