Education

I graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in American Studies. Following a few years working in health care consulting and the non-profit world, I returned to graduate school in 2014 to complete a Doctorate of Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology.

Clinical Training and Experience

I have trained in academic medical centers, schools, and private practice settings, working with a wide range of clinical presentations from depression and anxiety to complex medical diagnoses. I completed training in psychodiagnostic testing and assessment in the Infant and Preschool Clinic at UCLA’s Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, working with families of young children to address developmental and behavioral concerns. As an intern at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, I received training in neuropsychological assessment and cognitive behavioral therapy at the Children’s Orthopaedic Center. While at CHLA, I worked primarily with adolescents diagnosed with post-concussive syndrome and other neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Finding myself drawn to depth work and interested in deepening my clinical skills as a therapist, I completed an internship and post graduate fellowship in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Wright Institute Los Angeles, working with adults on an ongoing basis.

I have always taken interest in resilience and how we navigate life’s challenges. My dissertation focused on how aspects of the parent-child relationship including attachment, emotional regulation, self-efficacy and communication influence resilient functioning in children.

 While I consider myself a generalist in clinical practice, I take special interest in working with parents, survivors of sexual and gender-based trauma, and phase-of-life/personal identity issues.