“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”

- Audre Lorde

Thank you for being here.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist helping individuals and couples navigate challenging life transitions, interpersonal relationships, and beyond. I specialize in issues related to couples, perinatal mental health, and grief and loss.

I am trained in psychodynamic therapy, meaning I believe early childhood experiences hold important information about how we view ourselves and the world. By understanding how certain patterns have been reinforced throughout your life, we can begin to dismantle narratives and behaviors that once felt safe, but may be keeping you stuck. I use attachment based and emotionally focused techniques to explore what your feelings may be communicating about your needs, and integrate tangible strategies to make lasting change.

Along with my clinical practice, I am also interested in how a lack of societal and structural support exacerbates mental health challenges, particularly for new parents and individuals navigating grief. I am passionate about partnering with local organizations to build community around mental health education and resources. If you are interested in a partnership, please reach out by e-mail.

Clinical Services

  • Losing a loved one, ending a relationship, or experiencing a major life transition can shake us to our core. A rift is created between the life we expected to live, and our lived reality. In this disconnect, we are often met with the pain and helplessness of grief.

    Grief is neither an illness, nor a problem to solve, but can increase symptoms of depression or anxiety as we seek ways to lessen or avoid intolerable feelings that threaten to overwhelm us. You do not have to face these feelings alone. In therapy, I will provide a compassionate container for emotions that feel intolerable, as we explore the grief together.

    My practice focuses on acute and chronic grief, anticipatory grief, perinatal grief and loss, and grief complicated by trauma.

  • The decision to become a parent can be fraught with complicated feelings. Our own upbringings, the disconnect between our expectations and the realities of parenthood, and unforeseen loss and complications can challenge the reproductive narrative that each of us has constructed. In therapy, we will explore the profound shifts in identity and relationships as you navigate family planning, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

    I have received specialized training from Postpartum Support International, Seleni Institute, and The Postpartum Stress Center. My practice focuses on grief and loss, preparation for and adjustment to parenthood, postpartum mood disorders, and supporting couples through the parenthood transition.

  • Our sense of self and safety is developed in relationships with others. Early in life, we develop patterns to protect against feelings of rejection, criticism, and abandonment, and prioritize habits that keep us feeling safe and connected. We tend to repeat these patterns in later relationships, even when they no longer serve us, or cause harm.

    In therapy, we will explore how our efforts to stay safe and avoid conflict may be causing blocks in communication and “circular” conflicts. Through a combination of emotionally focused techniques and tangible skills, we will work to dismantle old narratives and unhelpful patterns, to make space for a deeper connection.

    I am a Gottman Level I trained couples therapist, and integrate Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy practices. My practice focuses on the transition to parenthood, intercultural relationship dynamics, and family of origin issues.

  • Our wellbeing is a product of how our internal world interacts with our environment. Structural and societal support can fall short when we need it the most, leaving us vulnerable to isolation and feelings of helplessness. Seeking help during these times can feel overwhelming and impossible.

    Combining my passion for maternal health and community building, I partner with local organizations to provide mental health education and resources for new parents. During these conversations, I provide opportunities to reflect on the emotional experience of parenting, while integrating education about the postpartum experience and information about clinical and community resources.

    Thank you to Fit4Mom Alexandria, Petworth Peanuts, Two Can Grow, and MONA Moms, for the partnership opportunities. If you are interested in providing mental health resources for your organization, please contact me by e-mail.