About Me
Each of us comes to therapy with our own unique history, challenges, and strengths. My broad training and experience allows me to draw from a wide knowledge base to create a way of working that is tailored to your individual needs. As an interactive, solution-focused psychotherapist, my approach is to provide support and constructive feedback to help you resolve both current struggles and long-standing problematic patterns. We will build on your strengths and identify areas of growth to help you live a richer and more fulfilling life. I hold a deep belief in people’s ability to discover their own inherent place of internal peace and harmony.
Clients find that my approach of working holistically provides unanticipated benefits for them. I integrate the profession’s more traditional methods with contemporary approaches such as cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness/relaxation skills training, body-focusing/awareness, bibilotherapy and guided imagery. Through our work you will develop skills and be provided with take-home tools to effectively handle and overcome life’s stressors. My clients value my warm, supportive, nonjudgmental stance, and comment on how easy I am to talk to. You will be empathically challenged to take active steps to ensure the integration and consolidation of our work together.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Work [LCSW] with a Masters of Social Work from New York University. I have thirteen years of experience helping people make positive changes in their lives. I am dedicated to professional development and continue to enhance my skills with ongoing training and supervision.
- LCSW in NY [#R053553-1] and NJ[44SC05327700]
- Board Certified Diplomate [BCD] in Clinical Social Work, American Board of Examiners
- Graduate, Post-Masters Program in Eating and Body Image Problems, Women’s Therapy Centre Institute
- Graduate, Post-Masters Program in Working with Addictions, National Institute for the Psychotherapies
- Graduate, Post-Masters Program in Adult Psychotherapy, New Hope Guild
- Certificate Program, Working with Families of Substance Abusers, Minuchin Center for the Family
- Fellowship, New York University Psychoanalytic Institute
- Certified Instructor, Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program [PREP]
- Certification, Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care [EPEC]
I have facilitated Eating and Body Image Concerns Groups for the American Anorexia and Bulimia Association and the Women’s Therapy Centre Institute [WTCI]. I have been invited to be a training supervisor for the WTCI’s Eating and Body Image Concerns Post-Masters Training Program. I also volunteer as a mentor for New York University Career Service’s Mentor Network. My work has been cited in Susan McQuillan’s book, Breaking the Bonds of Food Addiction.
Maintaining professional affiliations is also an important part of my ability to expand my knowledge base and collegial network. Membership is held in the following organizations:
- National Association for Social Work
- New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
- American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
- Women's Mental Health Consortium
- The Center for Mindful Eating
- Eating Disorder Association of New Jersey