All About Hope

We all tell ourselves a story about our lives. We’re usually wrong, but it’s our story and we’re sticking to it. That is until someone deeply listens to you. Or asks questions that make you think about a situation in a way you’ve never thought about it before. Or offers insights and teaches ways of coping that change your life because they change the way you see your life.

Beyond degrees and training, it’s who the person your therapist is that takes therapy from “okay” to “oh wow!”  

Professionally, I'm a psychotherapist. In my private life, I’m a seeker and a lifelong learner. That’s important because a therapist can only take you as far as they have grown themselves. I’ve been helping individuals and couples for the past 25 years discover more joy, depth, and fulfillment in their lives because I’ve taken that journey myself. 

My professional journey began in 1998 when I graduated from Rutgers University with a master’s degree in social work. As a licensed clinical social worker, I have a passion

for working with trauma survivors -- which includes all of us who have lived through after living through the events of 9/11 and/or the pandemic. The certifications I have earned address the mind/body connection and heal trauma in a fast, effective manner.

Treatment Approaches:

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy - Level 1 practitioner
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
• Certified Evolving Thought Field Therapist
• Certified Heart Assisted Therapy 
• Certified Imago Relationship Therapist
• Internal Family Systems
• Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Psychodynamic
• Somatic
• Strengths-based
• Trauma-focused

Additional Certifications:

• Certified Open Heart Project Meditation Instructor
• Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor
• Certified Chair Yoga Instructor