About

I am a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst with over 15 years of clinical experience working primarily with older adolescents, adults and couples in university based counseling centers and private practice.

I regard the following as essential aspects of good psychotherapy: careful listening and skillful inquiry into areas of concern; empathic and active engagement; and, focus on the intricacies of the therapeutic relationship. I hold space in a way that promotes engagement with difficult-to-access emotions and fears such that you feel supported, more enabled to grow through stuck patterns, and more creative in how you relate to yourself and others.  I believe therapy can do more than reduce symptoms - it can also enhance one’s sense of well-being and quality of life.

At a practical level, I have extensive experience working with common mental health problems—general anxiety and panic, depression, relationship issues, trauma, family conflict, parenting issues, low self-esteem, social anxiety, self-doubt, and shame. I participated in and produced scholarship related to childhood trauma, attachment, and masculinity issues.

• I am also certified in Contemporary Psychoanalysis having received training at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City. While there are many stereotypes of psychoanalysis that portray a remote therapist as a “blank screen,” contemporary psychoanalysis is different. It involves an engaged therapist and an engaged client who work collaboratively and in-depth in a way that is emotionally alive. Psychoanalysis can be helpfully thought of as more intensive psychotherapy involving increased frequency—that is, sessions are scheduled more than one time per week— depending on the client’s motivation and interest. The reason for this more intensive involvement is that it supports exploration of the unconscious dimensions of your experience—the attachment patterns and personality dispositions underlying problems in living.

• In addition to my individual practice, I also supervise Associates (Psychological Associates and MFT Associates) who bring additional specialty areas that may address your particular therapeutic needs.