“To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.”
philosophy
i work with people as they explore where they learned who they need to be in order to maintain relationships. many of us, early on, became entangled with stories that told us we need to be something other than who we are to be connected. we developed ways to be that we believed would keep people close — but, usually, that meant pushing aside or denying parts of ourselves.
i support you to find connection with your truest self so you may move more authentically and toward what you truly desire. by exploring relationships with self, others, and environment, past and present, we identify and evaluate patterns that are disruptive and preventative to leading the kind of life and having the kinds of connections you deserve.
approach
my approach is familiar, reflective, and collaborative. in our conversations we spend time in the intellectual, insightful space of wanting to know and make sense of as well as in the experiential depths of emotional processing.
i place as much emphasis on the external context of your experience as the internal, striving to work from an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist lens with acknowledgement for each individuals lived experience and intersecting identities.
i work to co-create a consistent, authentic, and meaningful connection with those i work alongside so that the therapeutic relationship may be a foundation from which to explore new, healthy, and fulfilling ways of engaging with ourselves and others.
education
BA in Sociology, Skidmore College
Master of Social Work, Smith College School for Social Work
I am currently completing coursework toward my PhD at Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research
trainings & professional engagement
Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT): Level 1 Certified
Ackerman Institute for the Family: Foundations of Family Therapy
Implicit Psychotherapy
Inner-Relationship Focusing (IRF)
Postpartum Support International: Perinatal Mood Disorders
Perinatal Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Trained Birth Doula