My therapeutic approach is to create a space where you feel safe to explore and change. My style is open and accepting, guided by the belief that all people are doing the best they can with what they have in the moment. My job is to help you grow and change by exploring how past events and unhelpful beliefs are affecting you in the present moment. I help people overcome blocks and create a more satisfying life by reflecting on early experiences, and how they might be showing up in the present moment, and becoming a fuller version of themselves.

I have extensive training complex PTSD, child trauma, and infant and early childhood mental health. I have completed a post-graduate fellowship at the University of Massachusetts in infant and early childhood relational health. Here, I studied with pioneers in the field including Dr. Ed Tronick, Dr. Bruce Perry, Dr. Beatrice Beebe, Dr. Peter Fonagy, other luminaries whose expertise has informed and transformed my work. My work is grounded in mentalization theory and I utilize many principles from ACT: Acceptance and commitment therapy. My work is also informed by Carl Jung and Donald Winnicott.

In addition to working in private practice, I am the Director of Infant and Early Childhood Relational Health at The Center for Great Expectations in Somerset, NJ. I have vast experience working with adults who have experienced trauma, depression, and anxiety as well as with parent-child dyads to strengthen attachment and overcome intergenerational patterns of trauma. I am rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy, a play-based intervention for children who have experienced a traumatic event. I am certified in Brazelton Touchpoints and trained in ARC, the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency framework. I am also a trainer at the New Jersey Complex Trauma Training Consortium and a Senior Trainer at the Institute for The Center for Great Expectations where I provide training and consultation locally, nationally, and internationally.

Before becoming a counselor, I served families as a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator. This role informs my work with a rich understanding of the identity transformation that occurs as one becomes a parent. I also have a deep understanding of the impact of childbirth on the family system, particularly when the birth is traumatic in some way. My clinical work with mothers experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety draws not only from a mental health perspective, but from the perspective as a doula as well.

The last bit of experience that I will share relates to my role as a mother of three children. I close with this reflection not because I see myself as an expert who has figured it all out, but because I can relate to the day-to-day “messiness” of parenting: the chaos, difficulty, and joy that makes up life for a parent.

Specific areas of expertise include:

Anxiety

Depression

Child Behavioral Issues

Complex Trauma and PTSD

Parenting

Postpartum Issues

Grief

Relationships

Work and Career Issues

Spirituality

Individuation