Hello! I am a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State. Over the past 20+ years I have worked with individuals in a variety of settings. When I work with you in individual therapy, I try to understand where you would like to go and what you find to be interfering with that journey. My approach includes both a focus on the present issues and situations as well as past experiences that are causing you confusion, anxiety or depression. Trauma and other life experiences tend to become interwoven with present problems. Understanding this gives us space to help develop alternate perspectives, revise the story that is contributing to current distress and help you understand troubling situations in a more helpful way. I use approaches based on ACT, CBT, DBT, mindfulness and other theories as they may seem useful in your particular life situation. Everyone's struggles are different, and this work is fascinating for that reason. It is a pleasure to help people find their way out of stuck situations so they can move toward a more fulfilling phase of their life journey.
Additional areas of focus: LGBTQ+ related issues, Family conflicts, Coping with grief and loss, Communication problems, Dissociation, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Life purpose, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Personality disorders, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Therapy
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