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Are you a parent/caregiver looking for someone to help your child, or are you a young adult looking for someone to talk to? Youths have unique challenges to face: school stressors, difficulty socializing with peers, struggles in identifying complex feelings, having a hard time focusing, and the list goes on. You may have noticed that your (or your child’s) struggles have worsened throughout COVID-19 for a variety of reasons, which is certainly not uncommon. If you feel anxious, sad, lonely, scattered, or overwhelmed, you are in the right place. You don’t have to go it alone. Whether you’re 5 or 25, my goal is to help you feel heard.

With warmth, humor and unconditional acceptance, I offer a safe space that supports individuals as they explore the patterns in their lives and relationships that are no longer serving them. My goal is provide my clients with a space where they can be fully seen and valued for who they are, while developing new tools for navigating obstacles. Whether you are navigating depression, anxiety, self esteem issues, relationship challenges or another life transition, we will work collaboratively to identify coping mechanisms to relieve your symptoms and chart a new and fulfilling path forward.

If you find yourself feeling like the ground beneath your feet is about to crumble, you are not alone. I can offer a safe and nonjudgmental space where we can work together to find your balance. I believe that meaningful therapy should be based on a collaboration between client and therapist with the intention of helping one discover their most authentic self through exploration of inner resources and innate wisdom. My practice involves moving away from behavioral and interpersonal patterns that hinder self-compassion.

If you are struggling in your daily life, I am here to help. I work with adults who are seeking help with coping or managing their anxiety, depression, past or present trauma, relationship difficulties, or any other issue that is preventing them from fully living their lives. You may be seeking relief from persistent difficult feelings, hoping to make long-lasting changes in your life, or needing to process traumatic experiences. My deepest goal is to provide a safe space that offers empathy, genuineness, and warmth, as I help you to identify and harness your inner strengths.

Deciding to come to therapy is a hard choice and is one that makes you strong. Taking that step back to identify what is helpful and what is not is challenging. Therapy is that space where you can take that step back in a non-judgmental space and reflect on what may need to change and process through those feelings. Together, we will work on understanding emotion, thought, and behaviors and how they work together, effective ways too label and express how you are feeling, and learn strategies in session to use in your everyday life.

My work guides others to greater levels of ease, well-being, and performance. I help my clients experience lasting transformation and multidimensional shifts in their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Through emotional integration, my clients elevate their vibrational frequency and create lives of authenticity, integrity, harmony, and fulfillment.

I enjoy the work I do and gain so much satisfaction from helping people recover the wellness that still lives on in them. That wellness may be hidden by stressors of daily living or trauma. I find delight in helping folks identify the strengths and resiliencies that each human being possesses. My favorite part of the work I do is in the developing of the therapeutic relationship. I provide a nonjudgmental, safe environment where people can feel free and safe to express themselves. I work with Individuals, Veterans, Service Members and their families, Seniors and Members of the LGBTQ community.

My ideal clients are adolescents and adults who are ready to break old habitual patterns which perpetuate symptoms and internal conflict. Whether it's anxiety, depression, mood disorders, relationship problems or addiction. The source of the problem lies in defense responses created to avoid painful unconscious material from early childhood and/or other traumatic experiences. Traditional talk therapy is limited in its results because it doesn't get to the root of the problem which lies in the central nervous system and deeper parts of the brain.

I became a therapist following a dream to help people navigate life. I specialize in work with children and adolescents, and young adults. I've received extensive post graduate training in treatments I believe in and have seen be effective. Research shows that therapy success of treatment is built on fostering a supportive relationship between client and therapist. I am specifically passionate about helping those that have experience trauma, are in the neurodiverse community, and those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience providing psychotherapy, consultation, and forensic assessments. In addition to my private practice, much of my career has been in community mental health where I’ve provided direct clinical services, as well as clinical supervision and worked in administration. Throughout my work in community mental health, I have also held the position of Adjunct Clinical Faculty with the Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology at the University at Albany where, over the years, I have trained and supervised countless graduate students.

Adults, Teens, and Children in need of counseling benefit from Creative Arts Therapy, as do families, and couples. I offer the optional use of Creative Arts to help clients gain a much needed perspective to assist them in their healing. Words, alone, cannot fully express your feelings. The creative arts can provide a potent "language" for expression and requires no previous art making experience. Paint, college, clay, mask-making, and creative writing help clients express, understand, and transform their feelings into allies for healing. Art Therapy has been designated as a mind-body approach by the National Institute of Health.