it is my foundational belief that we learn the most about ourselves when we consider our relationships. i’m fascinated by the ways we experience other’s actions and words, how we interpret others, what we expect of ourselves in relation to others. i find relationships to be a place of both profound hurt and immense opportunity for healing. we spend our lives in relationship — with ourselves, with our families, friends, lovers, partners, employers, pets, spaces. i think it deserves our attention.

i’m interested in supporting people to become curious about where they learned who they need to be in order to maintain relationships. many of us, early on, became entangled by stories and beliefs 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 work alongside you through the process of disentangling from stories, beliefs, messages, and mechanisms that keep you bound to shame, fear, and worry in relationships with yourself and with others. through exploring relationships with self, others, and our environment, past and present, we are able to identify and evaluate patterns that are disruptive and preventative to leading the kind of life and having the kinds of connections you desire. within the context of our our co-created, collaborative relationship i support you to find connection with your truest self so you may move more authentically and toward what you truly desire.

“To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.”

— Irvin Yalom

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.

in my work i utilize an integrative approach, drawing from from psychodynamic and relational theories, systems perspectives, interpersonal therapy, DBT distress tolerance skills, and neurobiology. you are always welcome to ask me what these theories and approaches actually mean!

specialities & interests

family dynamics

  • relationships between parent and child at all stages of life

  • sibling relationships

  • aging parents

relational challenges

  • difficulty in partnership, peer, employment, and family relationships

couples

  • premarital, early/young couples

  • discerning interest in becoming parents

  • navigating the perinatal period

  • transitioning into parenthood

pregnancy and postpartum

  • perinatal anxiety and depression

  • pregnancy loss

  • birth trauma

education

BA in Sociology, Skidmore College

Master of Social Work, Smith College School for Social Work

PhD Candidate, 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

Trained Birth Doula