About

My Practice As a psychotherapist and a practice owner, I emphasize creating a safe and supportive therapeutic environment to explore with you what might be getting in the way of leading the life you want. This starts by feeling safe and understood in the therapeutic relationship. From there we will look at problematic patterns in your history that may be contributing to the difficulties you are having today. This typically comes up in an organic way when we talk about your day-to-day life.

My style is to be curious, reflective, and to ask you the hard questions to help you examine things in your life and gain some fresh perspective. My mission as a therapist is to promote healing, self-awareness, self-compassion and to empower you to go out there and live the life you want!

Background & Experience I am a graduate of Smith College School for Social Work. My training is in psychodynamic theory, attachment theory, and trauma responsive care. I have over 15 years of experience as a therapist working with children, adolescents, and adults. In my career I have also been a clinical supervisor, mentor, and non-profit administrator in leadership positions. I create clinical trainings for therapists and other mental health professionals, and I have led the process of accrediting a large mental health organization. To learn more about my work with other therapists, click here.

Getting Started

People I work with have typically experienced emotional pain from past relationships or childhood, and find themselves struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, overthinking, perfectionism or trust issues. This is hard stuff to process and you don’t have to do it alone.

Therapy can help you process and heal from deep wounds, whether it’s from abuse, neglect, or traumatic life events. If you’re ready to feel more grounded and confident, know yourself better, understand your emotions, and learn healthier ways to cope and to care for yourself, therapy offers a safe space for you to explore your experiences and work through them at your own pace. It’s about freeing yourself from old patterns that no longer serve you and creating a life you want where you can heal, grow, and rediscover trust in yourself and others.

Contact me to set up a free 15 minute consult to get started. When you fill out this form it will go straight to my inbox. I typically respond the same day about scheduling a time to meet.

You can also see more about me and my practice on my psychology today profile.

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Licenses and Advanced Training

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
(LICSW – Massachusetts, & Vermont)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
(LCSW – Connecticut)

Advanced Training (EBP):
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy TF-CBT
Attachment Self-Regulation and Competency ARC
Child Parent Psychotherapy CPP
Brief Solution Focused Therapy
Reflective Supervision – Clinical Supervisor
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed

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Specializations & Clinical Interest Areas:

• Navigating transitions throughout life: adjusting to college, establishing/changing careers, new parent/ motherhood, parenting, marriage difficulties (not offering couples therapy at this time), adult children/empty nest, navigating ADHD as an adult.
• Romantic relationship struggles: finding love, dating, sustaining and nurturing long-term relationships, releasing relationships that no longer serve us. Learning healthy relationship skills such as communication strategies and setting boundaries.
• Special populations: I have experience working with other therapists, and family members of therapists and I enjoy the opportunity to work with others in the mental health, social services, and healthcare fields. I especially enjoy working with new career therapists, and students going into the mental health or social work fields. There is a unique opportunity to unpack and heal complex trauma within the lens of emerging identity as a provider in this field. LGBTQ+ affirming.
• Treatment for:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • PTSD – Complex Trauma, Childhood Trauma
  • Relational Trauma
  • Work Related Stress / Burnout
  • Low Self-Esteem
  • Understanding ADHD in adulthood