I have extensive experience working with young adults and adults who struggle with dysregulated emotions, difficulty tolerating distress, anxiety, and depression. Outward manifestations of these symptoms often include substance use, self-injury, avoidance, or difficulty managing relationships, and my focus is on helping you generate ways to improve your life, define goals, and reduce behaviors and ways of thinking that interfere with these goals.
I received my MSW from Columbia University with a year-long placement in the West Haven VA Caregiver Support Program and Recovery Support Program, working both with families of veterans and adults with co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges. After graduation, I gained experience by working in diverse settings, including inpatient, residential, and outpatient, and I decided to focus on evidence-based treatments, specifically Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). I also focused my work on young adults and adults and developed additional expertise in co-occurring substance use disorders. In addition to standard DBT, I am intensively trained in DBT-PE, an evidence-based treatment designed to help clients work through trauma within the supportive structure of DBT.
For three years I worked in the Intensive Outpatient Program of Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, where I was given the charge of group programming and DBT skills delivery for adults and young adults who experience struggles with mental health and co-occurring substance use.
I have completed Behavioral Tech’s DBT Foundational training and Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital’s DBT training.