Background
I hold a Masters of Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work.
During my graduate studies, I trained in community mental health clinics, and at the UMass Center for Women & Community. My clinical training provided me the opportunity to work in a variety of settings with people from all walks of life and experiences, who struggled with acute and intergenerational patterns of trauma.
Prior to becoming a therapist I studied art. My creative practice informs everything that I do, and my work as a therapist is no exception.
Areas of focus
- LGBTQIA+ Identities
- Neurodiversity
- Childhood Trauma
- PTSD
- Grief and Loss
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Sexual Trauma
- Parenting
- Chronic Pain and/or Illness
- Family and Relationship Dynamics
- Non-Monogamous Relationship Structures
Practice Philosophy
I believe healing should be authentic, deep, and playful. Therapy is an opportunity to meet yourself in a new way by creating a loving and generative space for self-reflection, healing, and transformation.
I work from a body and sex-positive perspective, am kink aware, and affirming of all consensual relationship structures. My practice strives to approach clients and the therapy process through an anti-oppressive lens, incorporating the impact of systems of oppression on our lives and identities.
Credentials & Training
Smith College School for Social Work, MSW, 2021
Introductory Solution Focused Brief Therapy, 2023
Kintsugi Therapist Collective, Mending with Gold, 2023
Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) Foundations, 2022
Affiliations
Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
