About Me

My journey of the soul

I believe that no one is too broken to heal.

I was drawn to the mental health profession because I knew that I needed to work through my own childhood wounds and I was called to help others heal from trauma. Doing my own inner work allowed me to develop greater self-awareness, deepen my relationships with others and create a personally meaningful life. One outcome of my soul searching was the decision I made to become a psychotherapist.

Soul searching involves engaging in an inner exploration of your deepest held beliefs about what is important to you. It is a practice of tuning into yourself by connecting and reconnecting with what brings meaning to your life. This can feel like a struggle because it means following your own inner compass more than outside opinions, whether those voiced by friends, family, or norms expressed through cultural messaging. You will find that you can develop a dependable, loving relationship with yourself, so that when challenges come up you have your own back. You learn to trust yourself to hold your own hand through the ups and downs — knowing that you won’t ever abandon yourself.

At a Glance

Education

  • Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work & Social Research (2000), MSW

  • Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (2004) Two-year program in psychodynamic psychotherapy

    Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (2015): Certificate in Psychoanalysis

  • Internal Family Systems training: Level I (2019) and Level II (2021)

Work Experience

  • Bellevue Hospital Center
    Social Worker in the Dual-Diagnosis unit, an inpatient psychiatric unit for people with co-occurring mental illness and substance addiction.

  • Ryan Nena Community Health Center
    Provided outpatient psychotherapy for a diverse patient population, including people living with HIV/AIDS.  

  • Brooklyn Psychiatric Center
    Offered on-site psychotherapy to children in a public middle school.  

Affiliations

  • Internal Family Systems Institute

  • Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center