My practice is grounded in the belief that healing unfolds when we are met with compassion, curiosity, and the conditions that allow us to reconnect with ourselves more fully. I work collaboratively with clients to help them make meaning of their experiences, move through suffering and stuckness, and cultivate lives that feel more connected, authentic, and alive. My approach is warm, engaged, and nonjudgmental, while also honoring the complexity of the systems and histories that shape us.
I have experience supporting adolescents and adults with a range of concerns, including trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, identity exploration, life transitions, and experiences of disconnection or overwhelm. I am especially interested in the ways personal healing is intertwined with culture, community, embodiment, and broader social conditions. I strive to create a space where clients can explore both their inner worlds and the larger narratives, inequities, and inherited histories that impact their lives. My work is informed by commitments to social and racial justice, liberation, and respect for the dignity and humanity of all people.
My clinical work draws primarily from Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, narrative therapy, and over twenty years of practicing, studying, and teaching yoga. I also integrate relational, somatic, and mindfulness-based approaches depending on each client’s needs and goals. In addition, I offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). My approach is holistic and trauma-informed, attending to the interconnectedness of mind, body, relationships, and environment. I value clients’ strengths, resilience, creativity, and capacity for transformation.
I received my Masters and PhD in Social Work from Boston College and completed postgraduate training at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Tufts University Counseling and Mental Health Services. I have worked in community mental health, school, and university settings, and completed advanced training in EMDR, IFS (L1, L2, PA), and KAP.
My work as a clinician is also informed by specialized training and clinical research in trauma and recovery, including the role of yoga and embodied practices in healing. Prior to becoming a therapist, I received a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Brandeis University, a Master’s degree in Arts in Education from Harvard University, and spent four years as a researcher with Project Zero. My studies and work during that time focused on the role of the arts in personal and social transformation. Creativity, imagination, and meaning-making continue to deeply inform my work as a therapist.