I am a postdoctoral fellow from Chestnut Hill College. I am interested in working with individuals of all ages, through individual, couple, and family therapy. I work with people experiencing an array of challenges, including relational and familial challenges, life transitions and major stressors, trauma, anxiety, behavioral issues, severe mental illness, and challenges stemming from being a part of the criminal justice system.
My approach to therapy emphasizes treating the individual client’s needs with a dynamic, flexible, and collaborative approach, while creating a safe environment. My approach to therapy is based on a psychodynamic framework which I reinforce by integrating systems theory. Psychodynamics help us understand what is going on inside a person, and systems theory helps us understand the interactions between people. I also consider individual’s different identities. People are uniquely influenced by the different periods of development and their different social and cultural identities. Being mindful of the whole individual, both developmentally and culturally, and how these identities interact with one another, leads to a better understanding of ourselves.
