My Clinical Approach: I approach psychotherapy from a holistic and strengths-based orientation, emphasizing the importance of the therapeutic relationship. My demeanor has been described by past clients and colleagues as warm, accepting, and playful. I am just as likely to write ‘explore the impact of childhood trauma and reprocess core beliefs’ at the bottom of your treatment plan as I am to say ‘assemble a file of emergency funny things like cat videos in your phone’. Because, in a pinch, cat videos can sometimes soothe the soul.
In the words of Audre Lorde: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is a form of political warfare.” So, I’m likely to tell you to slow down and sit down before you break down. And from that place of being well-rested, we can figure out how you’re going to move through your world in the most authentic and fulfilling way possible.
I work hard to create a safe space wherein clients feel supported in experiencing and expressing themselves, free from the fear of judgment. I believe that healing and change come about in many different ways and will be experienced uniquely by everyone. As a clinician, I thrive on the power of authentic and collaborative relationships and so I encourage and foster an incorporating of the spiritual, ethnic, gender, and sexual orientations of my clients into treatment.
Education: I earned my Masters of Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and my Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies from Columbia College Chicago. During my years in graduate school, I worked within my school’s Center for Multicultural and Diversity Studies, providing consultation and support to working clinicians and students in psychology on multicultural issues and research in counseling. This experience was transformational, solidifying my feelings about the importance of working from a culturally sensitive clinical framework.
Personal Interests: I love making street and documentary photography, exploring new places, coffee, and urban sketching.
