I am a therapist who strives to help individuals, couples, and families explore what guides them, what obstacles are in the way, and what makes them feel fulfilled. With a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, I am not a stoic therapist who asks removed questions. I bring myself into the work with curiosity, insight, and humor. Prior to therapy, I had a successful career in finance. Though I maintain an enjoyment of complex problem solving from my previous career, I pursued therapy because I wanted to more meaningfully help the people, community, and world around me. I understand how familial, cultural, and social pressures and expectations can limit what individuals believe is possible, which can calcify in unhelpful ways. I help people challenge the constraints that make them feel stuck and look at them from a fresh viewpoint.
I previously worked with young adults with a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and coming out to friends and family; survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence; and victims of sex and labor trafficking. Through these diverse experiences, I know how to sit alongside another person’s struggles, pain, shame, and the myriad other complicated emotions that bring people into treatment. Human beings are inherently complex and full of contradictions, and I invite individuals to find a richer, more meaningful understanding of their own and others’ complexities. At times, therapy can be messy, conflicted, and painful. I help patients weather the storm, with an appreciation for the challenging and vulnerable work of self-exploration.
Doing therapy with multiple people in the room, whether couples or families, requires me to help each individual form connections based on shared experiences while acknowledging different perspectives. I help couples and families through relationship or generational sticking points, deepen their intimacy, and forge stronger connections. I support couples and families through the difficult work of confronting past wounds and unmet needs while challenging the ingrained dynamics that have prevented real communication.
Teens and young adults have a unique passion and earnestness that sometimes results in them being misunderstood. I take teens seriously as they go through this period of forming their own identities and testing out their relationships with themselves and others. I help teens explore their tastes and preferences, their experimentation with personal expression, the quality of relationships, authenticity and vulnerability, self-image, and purpose. I navigate the tension between teens’ and young adults’ desire and need for recognition as their own person against the limitations of their continued growth.
Pronouns: she/her (read more about why I list my pronouns here)