Hi, nice to meet you.
Let’s figure out what’s real for you. I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker practicing in the District of Columbia. I attended Smith College where I received a BA in American Studies with a focus on mass media and pop culture. I later received my MSS from Bryn Mawr College. I worked with trauma and addiction at Jefferson University before starting my private practice. I have experience working with dissociative disorders, depression, anxiety, complex trauma, grief, family of origin issues, relationship and life adjustment challenges among others. I am a tireless learner. My approach to therapy changes depending on what I am reading and learning at any given moment. In general, I integrate elements from EMDR, existential-humanistic therapy, psychoanalysis, and Lacan.
I believe therapy is a space where we can break through the noise of everyday life, slow down and ask ourselves what gives us meaning and examine how we are realizing that meaning in our lives.
Education
Professional Affiliations:
American Academy of Psychotherapists (AAP)
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
Washington School of Psychiatry (WSP)
Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (ICP+P)
Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research - Masters of Social Service
Smith College - Bachelor of Arts, American Studies
Training and Post-Graduate Education
National Group Psychotherapy Institute
Contemporary Approaches to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Bryn Mawr College Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy