I am a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have been working in clinical mental health for about 10 years. Prior to my career in clinical social work, I earned a masters degree in public health (specifically mental health) so I have been involved in a variety of projects related to mental health research, education and training, program development, and evaluation for the better part of 30 years.

I am originally from the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, and lived in South Florida, Chicago, Washington DC, and a few places in between before moving to California in 2002. In the summer of 2024, I am pursuing a life-long dream of moving to The Netherlands! I am the proud mother of a rising Sophomore at Cal (UC Berkeley) and currently the guardian of one friendly but feisty cat named Katniss.

As a mental health professional (sometimes called a “psychologist“, “therapist“, “counselor“, or “coach“, depending on the part of the world), I use my education and life experience to help you to navigate your thoughts and emotions and to obtain a sense of clarity and peace. I work via Telehealth (also called E-health), and I focus on English speaking twice-exceptional adults in the Netherlands.

I am serious about offering an affirming practice. That means I work to empower a client with respect to their gender identity, sexuality, relationship orientation, neurodiversity, body size / shape / ability, cultural, and any other differences, rather than trying to “repair” or minimize such differences. Clients describe me as insightful, empathetic, compassionate, genuine, funny, easy-going, and nonjudgmental.

• Master of Social Work, California State University, Los Angeles
• Master of Health Science in Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
• Graduate Studies, Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Chicago

“We can not solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them.”

– Albert Einstein

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Beyond Trauma
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Crisis Oriented Recovery Services
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• ITTI Certificate of Completion as Clinical Trauma Professional
• Mindfulness-Based Mental Health Treatment
• Mindful Self-Compassion (MST)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Problem Solving Treatment
• Seeking Safety
• UpRisingYoga Certificate of Completion of Teacher Training