I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pennsylvania and a Board Certified Diplomate in Advanced Clinical Practice from The American Board of Social Work. I received my BA from The College of William and Mary and my Masters in Social Service from Bryn Mawr College. I have been in the field for nearly 20 years. My clinical experience ranges from child welfare, behavioral health, community mental health, group and private practice. 

 

           Moved by the unnecessary suffering of pregnant and postpartum women, I studied postpartum illness at the highly-regarded Postpartum Stress Center in Bryn Mawr where I received my initial maternal mental health training.  I have continued my focus on women’s issues throughout my career and have a particular specialty with helping mothers experiencing a loss of identity, rage, depression, anxiety and grief.  I have expanded my practice to working with men struggling with relationships, depression/ anxiety and the unique stresses of fatherhood.  I’m particularly passionate about helping men improve interpersonal communication skills. In 2024, my practice was honored with a Main Line Love Award.  

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              I am ardent about continued education and dedicate significant time to continual postgraduate training and professional case consultation.  Most of my training comes from object relations and modern psychodynamic approaches which has laid an invaluable foundation for my understanding of attachment issues.  Additionally, I am a level one AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) provider.   AEDP focuses on providing corrective emotional experiences between the therapist and client that facilitate healing and promote change in our neuroplastic brains.  I also occasionally draw from DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) as it provides life-changing skills that we all can use to reduce pain and suffering.

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       My style is warm, relational and very present.  I believe that therapy provides an opportunity for us to understand ourselves from a more curious and compassionate lens. It can also be a place when we learn to pay attention in a very special and specific way. I’ve come to learn that words are often not enough to describe our most powerful experiences…. and it is in the full feeling of those experiences with a trusted person that relief and internal change can take place. To that, I will sometimes gently integrate mind-body/ somatic interventions.  I always tailor therapy interventions to you- your needs, your circumstances, your goals, often highlighting the existing strengths that you may not even have known that you had.  While I identify as a cis-gender, heterosexual white female, I welcome diversity to my practice with openness and humility. I strongly encourage any experiences of oppression to be shared during our time together.

         

        I take my role in your journey seriously, although I do try not to take myself too seriously.  A lover of the arts, in my spare time I enjoy singing, dancing, reading and attending musical theater with my two girls.  Beyond my professional training, I am first a woman, wife, mother and imperfect human being.  The therapy space is one where I will encourage laughter, tears, awkwardness and above all, connection.