I offer individual psychotherapy for adults, including EMDR, supervision for pre-licensed and early-career therapists , free consultations for potential clients, as well as professional consultation services.

It depends on need, goals, scheduling and financial constraints. Sometimes I’ll meet with a client briefly (6-10 sessions) to achieve certain specific goals. Longer-term therapy is also helpful to consolidate and maintain gains, insights, new skills, etc. During early sessions and throughout the course of treatment we will discuss your needs, goals, and determine what works best for you.

Yes, I take most major insurances in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Delaware. Reach out to inquire about details, costs, or to check if I take your insurance.

I work individually with adults who experience problems in living. These might be described as anxiety, depression, anger, grief, psychosis, life transitions, recurring relationship problems, self-doubt, meaninglessness, or the residual impacts of past traumas.

I recognize these problems do not exist in isolation but are connected to childhood, families, relationships, history, culture, racism, sexism, and other forms of systemic and interpersonal oppression. Along these lines, a basic imperative of my role is to embrace the lived-experience and fundamental humanity of everybody I work with.

I specialize in working with adults who experience depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, recurring relationship problems, and the ongoing impacts of trauma.

My primary approach to therapy is called psychodynamic. This approach presumes mental health symptoms, relationship patterns, personality, desires, behavior, and responses to distress are largely shaped by early childhood experiences, unclear and sometimes conflicted motivations, along with experiences in relationships across the lifespan. This type of therapy emphasizes noticing the connections between past, present, and the "here and now" of the counseling session. 

In short, psychodynamic therapy is about overcoming problems by understanding the past. This sometimes means grieving painful experiences. Or finding new ways to resolve old conflicts. Or learning how to improve the quality and experience of your relationships.

I also use EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). EMDR is a treatment that helps people recover from traumatic memories. This involves pairing troubling memories and associated thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations with repeated and rhythmic sensory stimulation (eye movements) to help reduce distress and increase adaptive processing. EMDR may be helpful for those experiencing persistent intrusive memories, avoidance, intense emotional duress or reactivity, somatic or physical symptoms, or severe impairments in coping with hardship. This type of therapy can be used singularly or as a supplement to ongoing psychotherapy.

During our first session we’ll talk about what brings you in, how long you've experienced the problem, where it might be coming from, and what you hope to achieve. In the subsequent sessions I’ll take a more detailed history including childhood, family, relationships, education, employment, medical information, stress responses, interests, etc.

During these initial sessions we’ll work together on a plan, including goals, how often we’ll meet, and what type of therapy we’ll use. If I feel what you need is outside the scope of my practice I will work with you to find another provider better suited to your needs.

My professional experience began in school-based therapeutic programs in Philadelphia. In 2013 I earned an M.S. in Clinical Counseling and Psychology from Chestnut Hill College, with a focus on psychodynamic and family systems theories. Since then I’ve worked as an outpatient therapist in community clinics and in private practice, as a mobile crisis clinician in psychiatric emergency services, and as a case manager, clinical supervisor, and team leader for community-based therapeutic programs for adults with serious and persistent mental illness.

In addition to my counseling degree, I completed additional coursework at the University of Massachusetts and received APA and EMDRIA-accredited training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). Prior to my career in mental health I earned an M.A. in English from Rutgers Camden.

Yes. Studies have shown the gains of virtual therapy to be comparable to in-person therapy. Click below for an American Psychological Association article on the topic:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/07/cover-telepsychology

Appointments missed or cancelled with less than 24 hours notice a fee of $160 will be applied. 

For new or prospective clients you can begin by contacting me by phone, email, or my contact form HERE. For existing clients, we will either schedule recurring appointments or schedule the next appointment at the end of our session.