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I seek to support individuals, couples and families seeking to make changes in their lives and make improvements. As individuals have different triggers for stressor, they require different approaches to manage symptoms and move towards a more fulfilling experience. As a therapist I can offer support to navigate through counseling experience.

I am a Licensed Psychologist and PA Certified School Psychologist with over fifteen years experience in the identification and remediation of learning, behavioral, and emotional differences in preschool through college aged individuals. My primary areas of practice include psychoeducational assessment, school admissions testing, and consultation with parents and schools. I have taught doctoral level courses in assessment and have administration experience as the former Co-Director of Assessment Services and Coordinator of School Admissions Services at Bryn Mawr College Child Study Institute. I serve on the Board of the PA Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and on the Specialist of Schools Planning Committee.

Often, our inner voice, innate wisdom, and desire to move toward greater connection with ourselves and others gets lost in the pain and struggle of life. Instead of being a strength, we lose contact with our deepest, truest self. I seek to co-create a therapeutic space where clients can rediscover their strengths, explore their lives, deepen their self-awareness, and reconnect.

I am a veteran and an Indigenous woman of the Cree Nation and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). I provide gender affirming care and specialize in treating addictions, trauma, depression, and anxiety through DBT focused modalities and mindfulness-based and problem-solving coping skills to aid in decreasing to eliminating symptoms of diagnoses. I have experience working with veterans and civilians with PTSD and children and adults including those with intellectual and learning disabilities such as ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Autism.

Anxiety, depression, and other experiences that bring us to therapy are some of life's greatest challenges, but they are also valuable opportunities for growth. With a therapist's help our struggles can become an opening to deeper self-understanding, to new ways of living, and even to new beginnings. Our suffering requires us to seek help so that we may learn to better help ourselves. With proper support we can come to see that our symptoms and difficulties in a new way- as the first difficult steps on a journey of learning and growth.

If your family is suffering from the impact of substance abuse, we are here to help - even during active family crisis. Our mission is to include the family in the desperate and challenging task of recovery from addiction.

I feel honored to be a part of each individual persons journey. I am committed to meeting each person where they are in order to process life’s challenges. I use active listening to promote an environment where growth and healing can occur. I support individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting, family systems, low self-esteem, PTSD, and ADHD.

Provider within Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates, a network of over 20 Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and Psychotherapists offering in-office psychiatric evaluations, medication management and psychotherapy in Philadelphia and on The Main Line, and Virtual Telehealth Psychiatric Appointments to patients in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder and ADHD. Call to see which providers are licensed in your location.

Are you in a season of your life where you are juggling several roles - mother, wife, professional, etc.? Are you in the midst of or heading toward a transition in roles or phases of life? These times are hard for all of us, but there is a way to make them more bearable. I will work to help you understand who and where you are and how you got there. Together we will discover your innermost strengths and find a way for you to move forward toward your goals and dreams, staying true to yourself and your priorities.

Are you stuck in a pattern of self-defeating behavior? Do you feel you've lost your bearings in life? Are you struggling with problems in your relationships? As a psychotherapist I help people strengthen their inner resources to deal with problems ranging from anxiety and depression to addiction and eating disorders. I work collaboratively with patients, ending self-destructive beliefs and behaviors; developing genuine self-love and acceptance; helping you make sense of the past and using the strengths you already to possess to create a more hopeful, joyful and engaged future.

Are you currently experiencing anxious thoughts and behaviors due to relationships, work, school, or just life in general? Is depression making it difficult for you to move through your day or even just to get out of bed in the morning? Have you recently experienced the death of a loved one and are struggling to cope with the significant loss?