Education, Training and Experience

  • I graduated from Dominican Academy in NYC with a Regents Diploma with Honors after briefly attending the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts as a dance major.

    There, I was awarded a medal of distinction for my performance in courses pertaining to religion and ethics in addition to being named a National Merit Commended Scholar.

  • I earned a BA from Columbia University in 2010 with dual concentrations in Psychology and Anthropology, in addition to significant coursework in dance, neuroscience, philosophy and comparative religion.

    At Columbia I was distinguished as a Kluge Scholar, one of four named types of scholars chosen upon admission.

  • I earned my MSW in 2017 from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.

    There, I specialized in clinical practice.

  • From 2017 to 2020 I completed the first portion of my three years of supervised clinical training in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan through the Thrive NYC Mental Health Service Corps.

    This initiative that provided me with evidence-based training in Interpersonal Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Art Therapy, Play Therapy, and Positive Parenting, in partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals.

  • Through the NYC Mental Health Service Corps I was able to establish a counseling program at an outpatient pediatrics practice where I completed the supervised training for my LCSW license, eventually expanding the program to three clinicians in 2020 and 2021.

I have been licensed as a psychotherapist since 2017 and have been in private practice in NYC (and briefly Miami) since 2021, treating adults, teens and emerging adults.

Before pursuing a career as a therapist I worked in a variety of roles in different industries and sectors, including health and wellness, entertainment, the arts and tech.

Prior to beginning my graduate training I worked as a child abuse investigator for the Administration for Children’s Services and briefly in research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, organizing data for a clinical trial in the Department of Psychiatry.

My three year period of post-graduate training was completed in a pediatrics practice in NYC in conjunction with the NYC Mental Health Service Corps headquartered at NYC Health + Hospitals. This program provided me with evidence-based training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Positive Parenting, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Couples’ Therapy and Family Therapy. As a result, I obtained extensive experience working with children, pre-teens, teens, emerging adults, parents and families.

Starting in 2022 I received additional training in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD through the Medical University of South Carolina and Dr. Kathleen Chard, a creator of CPT. Additionally, in 2024 I completed 8 months of supervised CPT case consultation to achieve CPT Provider Status.

In 2023 I completed the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Research through the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).

In 2025 I completed certification in Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Neuroplastic Symptoms and addition to training on working with issues related to enmeshment with Dr. Kenneth Adams.

In 2026 I completed two years of training in Group Therapy through the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (EGPS).

I am a member of SENG: Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted, the Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms (ATNS) and the Recording Academy.

Independently, I have served as a Behavioral Health Consultant to Sesame.

Currently, in addition to my private practice, I am involved in work on a clinical trial investigating the efficacy of psilocybin as a potential treatment for PTSD.