FORENSIC SERVICES: I provide evaluations, record review, & expert testimony for civil and criminal proceedings, including employment discrimination, ADA accommodation, personal injury, guardianship, waiver, competency, & sentencing. CLINICAL SERVICES: I offer psychotherapy and evaluation. My therapy clients work with me on a variety of issues, including anxiety & OCD, loss, relationships, career challenges, mood isorders, and ADD. My treatment approaches include psychodynamic therapy, CBT, DBT, and social skills training.

We all have points in our lives when outside support helps us move through difficult times, grief, stuckness, and transitions. I am committed to your healing and help you understand your family history and relationships better. Together we recognize and connect with your core self and strengths to support the life you really want to live. I am a white, cis-gender queer therapist. I believe our identities and social locations matter in the therapy relationship (race, class, ability, culture, etc.) and in your healing. I believe we all need to heal from white supremacy and support this in our work.

Feeling depressed or worried? Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Is your relationship in trouble? Visiting a psychotherapist can help! This is a mental health and counseling practice in service located in center city Philadelphia. My mission is helping clients feel like they are talking to an objective friend. Are you ready to transform your life and get on the right track? As a psychotherapist I can help you to get the results you want for your life.

Perhaps the tried and true ways of coping with challenging feelings and situations are no longer working the way they once did. You may be concerned about what this means or how it will affect your relationships. But even just looking for answers means you are already starting to do something different. This curiosity and the hope you put in our work that things might get better is something I take very seriously. One of my overall concerns for the therapeutic process is that we turn your hope into a sense of empowerment so that you can feel confident about your abilities as you face the challenges and rewards that life presents

My career as a therapist has focused on the treatment of trauma, and I have been honored to experience my clients' great recovery and healing. I work with individuals to foster their resilience by identifying patterns, connecting with the various parts of ourselves, processing difficult past experiences, and integrating compassion and authenticity into one's journey. I provide a safe and non-judgmental environment that encourages curiosity, gentle challenging, and growth.

I am an active therapist. I design treatment plans and utilize strategies that are appropriate for both the issues and the personalities of my clients. I work with individuals in the context of their life and couples seeking to repair, improve or strengthen their relationship. My areas of specialty include intimacy, conflict, anger issues and the breadth of sexuality concerns.

**I am not currently able to take on any new clients at this time.** Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Are you feeling deeply alone? It IS possible to feel better, more connected, even in this particularly difficult time! I can help you feel stronger and more confident, as we work to understand your experience and to develop a sense of where it is you want to be and what might be holding you back.

Life can be frustrating, heartbreaking, and completely devastating. I commend you for taking the time to do your own research about therapy and the therapeutic process. In my experience, therapy provides solace and a much needed respite for all individuals. I am skilled at creating an environment in which all individuals feel heard, understood, supported, and challenged. I have extensive experience working with adults & adolescents experiencing depression, anxiety, attachment issues, and interpersonal relationship conflict.

I earned a masters degree in Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine after completing my undergraduate degree at State University of New York at Buffalo as a double major in Psychology and Sociology.. I provide counseling services and mental health skills to people of all ages and backgrounds. I also specialize in Sports Psychology and am a designated provider for the Philadelphia Eagles.. My clinical work utilizes the Eco-Systemic Family Therapy Model, an evidenced-based treatment, to help families, couples, and individuals successfully reach treatment goals. ​

As experiences impact our lives, we shift and change accordingly. Trying to make sense of these experiences alone can be painful. Together we can develop ways for you experience more fulfillment in your relationships, your work, your emotional life, and your creative life. We can work towards a better understanding of how the past has shaped you and focus on healing, self-discovery, and growth. Therapy is a collaborative and creative process, and I believe problem solving and self-discovery is best approached by developing original, constructive, and productive approaches to the questions raised by life's struggles.

I believe that in order to change anything, we first need to understand and accept it. This is done through talking. I bring an empathetic, worldly, and multidisciplinary approach to help you gain a deeper understanding of who you are and what you want. We all repeat the same patterns through our lives that sometimes prevent us from happiness.Through therapy, we can start to observe those patterns, and then decide how we want to change them.

Do you ever wish that life felt more fulfilling? Does it ever feel like you have a hard time knowing who you are, what you are feeling, or what you need? Do you ever wish that you felt more connected with others, and less isolated? There are times in life when we just feel "stuck," and have a hard time finding our way out. Many things can come along in life that get us off the track that we want to be on, whether it be depression, anxiety, grief, or hurtful events from our past.

People come to me for therapy because: "I am miserable every morning and need a good reason to just get up." "I spend more time online than I do with actual people." " I wish I had more quality relationships. "The sex was not consensual...and no one believes me." "I can't believe everyone can have a baby but me." "I know my eating patterns need to be changed." Drawing on my 35+ years of practice with individuals, couples, and families, I can help you more quickly develop insights into established patterns of thinking and behavior that reinforce these problems.

**ALL INTAKES AND THERAPY SESSIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED USING TELETHERAPY (Doxy.me, Zoom) OR PHONE SESSIONS** We are a group of psychologists and clinical social workers who draw on effective, well-supported interventions to help you resolve challenges. By applying cognitive behavioral and other complementary therapy techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life. We offer a personalized approach tailored to each of our clients' needs to help attain the personal growth for which they are striving.

I work with individuals, families and couples struggling with issues such as Anxiety, Depression, Adjustment Disorders, Asperger's, ADD, ADHD and Family and Marital Conflict. I specialize in working with children, adolescents and families struggling with behavioral and academic issues.

Life gets hard. I hope to offer you a patient, comfortable place where you can find support and restoration, as you work to process through whatever life is throwing at you. I firmly believe that the key to emotional health starts with learning to love yourself. And if you’re seeking therapy, you’re already a step closer to that goal. I use a strengths-based approach that focuses around bringing awareness to your feelings and their sources, and an understanding of the way that these feelings connect to your behaviors. From there, we can work together to help you cultivate a sense of control over your life.

I specialize in working with anxiety, relationship concerns, and trauma. With an expertise in clinical hypnosis, I will help you: (1) improve your reflective awareness of how your feelings and thoughts impact your well-being, relationships and behaviors and (2) enhance your coping and stress management skills to deal with your problems more effectively. As we build our therapeutic relationship, I will challenge you to observe yourself and reflect. Together, we will work collaboratively to facilitate positive change in your life and relationships. Enhancing your wellness is central to my work.

I have been practicing as a Psychotherapist, Social Worker and Child and Family Advocate for many years. I have post graduate training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Modern Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Therapy. I have extensive experience working with children and adults coping with depression and anxiety, grief, loss, life transitions, chronic illness and relationship issues. My focus is to assist individuals receiving services access self-knowledge and improve their functioning and quality of life.