Am I the right therapist to help you? 

Here’s what I can tell you about the clients I serve… 

Some are high-achieving professionals – smart, conscientious and struggling with chronic stress or anxiety.

Others are working through a past trauma that continues to negatively impact their life and relationships.

Some are dealing with infidelity, contemplating separation or divorce, or just craving more connection and intimacy in their lives.

Others are teens or college students trying to cope with social anxiety or perfectionism.

And, some are navigating life transitions like empty-nesting, blending families, or being newly single again.

So, what can you expect from me?

Which brings me to my superpower

I help individuals, couples and families get to the root cause of what’s really troubling them.

When you work with me, we’ll aim for lasting results…not just a temporary fix.

Together, we’ll identify the situations, thoughts and behavior patterns that need to be shifted to create relationships and a future you’re truly excited about.

We’ll also strengthen your emotional intelligence so that your emotions no longer have the power to confuse, overwhelm or scare you.

The result?

More self confidence.

More clarity.

More balance.

More peace.

More meaningful connection with others.

In a nutshell, you’ll feel much happier being you…which will in turn produce much more happiness in ALL your relationships, especially your most significant ones.

CREDENTIALS

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). I specialize in the treatment of relationship issues, trauma recovery, anxiety, depression, and adjusting to challenging life transitions. I also help people who are interested in personal growth and development.

I have completed training in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), to help individuals heal attachment injuries and trauma as well as build secure relationships with others.

I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based approach for the treatment of trauma and anxiety. 

I am a Level 1 Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) practitioner. AEDP is an excellent model for working with relational trauma and focuses on undoing aloneness and transformational change.

In addition, I am currently enrolled in the three-year Somatic Experiencing (SE) professional training program. Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented approach that helps people build capacity to regulate their nervous system and tolerate uncomfortable sensations and feelings with the goal of decreasing symptoms associated with trauma and other stress related disorders.

I have advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, which is the most empirically validated couples therapy model to date.

My clinical work is also informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).

A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT ME

I grew up in Westport, CT, which I called home for 45 years. Would you believe there was a gas station, hardware store, and grocery store on Main Street? Things have definitely changed since I was a kid!

I lived in Japan for a year, sleeping on a futon, eating LOTS of rice and putting my Anthropology degree to good use.

I worked in television production for almost a decade and won a Daytime Emmy Award (Curious what for? Ask me!)

I have a Masters Degree from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. I love nature and animals, but therapy turned out to be my true calling.

And something a bit more personaI… I was adopted and raised as an only child. I found my biological family when I was in my late thirties and learned I had a full biological younger sister–I didn’t see that coming!