What excites you most about the evolving mental health landscape?
I am interested in mind-body medicine, approaches, and interventions that are integrative in nature. I believe therapists should have diverse evidence-based interventions at their disposal that they can use to treat a variety of symptoms.
What do you view as a key component of the therapeutic relationship?
The key component of the therapeutic relationship is engendering trust and creating an emotionally safe environment.
Specialties
Depression
Depression often causes people to feel sad, empty, or hopeless, and can cause a lack of interest in life. It can also affect a person's thinking patterns and physical health.
Anxiety
Anxiety can mean nervousness, worry, or self-doubt. Anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that entails excessive, repeated bouts of worry, anxiety, and/or fear.
Loss/Grief
Grief is a reaction to an emotionally significant loss and often comes with symptoms of depression or anxiety. These symptoms can remain intense and last for a long time after a loss, making it difficult to move forward with a healthy lifestyle.
Creative blocks & writer's block
Inability to access inspiration or internal source of creativity. Not a diagnosable condition but connected to mental health disorders like anxiety. Experienced most often by writers, musicians, performers, and other artists.
Coping Skills
Coping skills are tools and techniques one can learn, practice, and use to handle difficult emotions, decrease stress, and establish or maintain a sense of internal order.
General Expertise
Work Stress
Workplace issues are a common source of stress and can include interpersonal conflict, communication problems, gossip, harassment, discrimination, low motivation and job satisfaction, performance issues, and poor job fit.
Race & Cultural Identity
Challenges around race and cultural identity vary enormously, including issues related to discrimination, racism, and intergenerational trauma.
Cultural adjustment
Moving to another place or living in a different culture requires a normal adjustment period. This happens at different rates for different people, some adjusting more quickly than others. Can potentially lead to ongoing issues.
Life transitions
Positive and negative change can be difficult, including things like moving, breaking up, adjusting to parenthood, or changing careers. It’s normal to feel stressed, however, life transitions can inhibit people from living healthy lifestyles.
Stress
Distress stems from a subjective perception of something being unwanted, undesirable, or detrimental to your wellbeing. Excessive stress significantly impairs mental and physical health and is associated with many diseases and conditions.
Fees
$175
Individual Therapy
Types of Therapy
Individual Session
Clientele
Parents
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (25-65)
Seniors (65+)
Treatment Approaches / Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Mindfulness Practices
Person-Centered Therapy
Positive Psychology
Training / Certifications
HeartMath Practitioner
Licensure
NY, LMHC, 011144
Education
MS Mental Health Counseling Walden University
MFA Creative Writing Sarah Lawrence College
PsyD Clinical Psychology California Southern University Anticipated date of completion 2023
Work History
I am a psychotherapist committed to helping professional men and women access their inner strength in order to overcome stress, enhance self-esteem, reduce negative thinking and improve mental outlook. . My work focuses on deactivating faulty thinking in order to activate better decision- making and mental clarity. I am passionate about working with creative, high functioning individuals tackling personal and professional challenges and seeking positive outcomes. We will work together on decreasing distorted thinking that leads to feeling paralyzed by the desire to be perfect, activating acceptance in order to increase self- esteem, and decreasing self- doubt, anxiety, and depression so that you can continue to thrive in your life and be free of the fear of taking risks or moving forward.
Location
145 E. 92 St., New York, 10028, NY