What does a first session with you look like?
Our first session would be a combination of friendly conversation, gathering information about your background and identifying what brought you to therapy. The hope is to build a foundation for our therapeutic bond and the future sessions.
What is your style/approach to therapy?
I believe in treating everyone as a unique individual. My approach is holistic and Person Centered. My focus is to help my clients increase their self-awareness, understand their current challenges, and identify new ways to overcome them.
What would be important for someone to know about working with you?
I think it would be fair for someone to know that I am open-minded and easy going. I want them to feel comfortable asking anything and expressing any concersns they may have while working with me. I love to laugh and spread joy, with hopes that it will brighten someone's day.
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.
Addiction
Regular involvement with a substance or activity in a compulsive, hard to control way that often has harmful consequences. Often refers to substance use, but can include compulsive behaviors such as sex, gambling, or shopping.
Women's issues
Women’s health is regarded as the holistic being and experience of being female. This extends beyond consideration for illness and other complex conditions but to general considerations of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Issues may include female oppression, socialized gender role, female reproductive issues, motherhood, body image, divorce, and substance use.
General Expertise
Careers
Designed to help people choose, change, or leave a career at any stage of life. Careers are often wrapped up in people’s perceived identity, therefore, any change can cause anxiety and/or depression.
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.
Relationship Issues
Refers relationship issues with a partner or spouse. Can include issues related to relationship distress, relationship satisfaction, communication, intimacy, etc.
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.
Race & Cultural Identity
Challenges around race and cultural identity vary enormously, including issues related to discrimination, racism, and intergenerational trauma.
Fees
$130
First Session
$130
Individual Therapy
Types of Therapy
Individual Session
Group Session
Clientele
Parents
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (25-65)
Seniors (65+)
Treatment Approaches / Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Mindfulness Practices
Strength Based Therapy
Adlerian Therapy
Coaching
Motivational Interviewing
Person-Centered Therapy
Licensure
NY, LMHC, 001006
Education
Master of Science, Guidance and Counseling, Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus
Work History
I have 27 years of experience working in the field of Behavioral Health. My career started shortly after I graduated from undergrad. My 25 years of services with New York City Health + Hospitals began in a substance abuse program, one of the largest in New York. My roles were as follows, Activity Therapist, Rehabilitation Counselor and lastly Addiction Program Administrator. The one common denominator in all the roles, was fulfilling my dream of helping others. I relocated and the next role was as a Clinical Supervisor. After two years, I finally decided I should start my private practice and here we are. I hope that you stop by and meet me.
Location
Remote Therapy - serving the greater New York area, NY