I graduated from Towson University with a Master of Arts in clinical psychology. I completed my clinical training at Goucher College and worked there full time treating emerging and young adults for roughly three years. I have most recently joined Heartwood Psychology to continue my journey of meaningful therapeutic work.

Throughout my career, I've had the pleasure of working with folks in late adolescence/early adulthood and older adulthood, with a wide range of mental health concerns and diverse backgrounds in race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. I've also worked in clinical research studying both organic and psychogenic movement disorders, in psychiatric rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins, and as a yoga teacher with a 200 hour certification. I have completed more thorough training in mental health and nutrition, trauma, and clinical applications of the polyvagal theory.

I currently treat primarily adolescents and adults and maintain a general practice working with a wide variety of mental health concerns, including:

Anxiety and depressive disorders, trauma, obsessive-compulsive related disorders, identity concerns, life transitions, relationship and family dynamic struggles, suicidality and self harm, grief, Queer and LGBTQIA struggles, ADHD and ASD, and mood disorders.

When it comes to therapy, I believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is an incredibly useful tool that facilitates growth and healing during the unique challenges that arise in all stages of life. I am passionate about providing a mind-body-brain approach to mental health care while valuing each client’s identity factors, backgrounds, and lived experiences.

Given the uniqueness of each individual who enters therapy, my theoretical approaches are integrative in nature, trauma-informed, and based on the needs of each person. Some approaches/orientations I draw from are humanistic, relational psychodynamic, values and strength-based, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, mindfulness, multicultural and radical healing, attachment based, and existentialism. I am dedicated to decolonizing the therapy space, especially for clients who’ve experienced marginalization.

Finally, I acknowledge that therapy can be both a place of discomfort and ease, so I strive to provide a safe space when exploring that dichotomy. I want clients to know that therapy is hard work but it’s also deeply relational. I enjoy getting to know other parts of the person in the room, such as one’s unique personality, passions, sense of humor, hobbies, sources of joy, and deep values.