Right now, I’m a solo practitioner but I do have a cat that has become a popular part of the Telehealth calls.

Like most therapists, my family background inspired my career choice, and that was intensely difficult to unpack. My philosophy is that I focus on maintaining the love, even if that requires a lot of distance and minimal to no contact, but it took much trial and tribulation to get there. So I understand the space that one needs for that kind of processing and

I always say I went to college because I graduated high school, and as I was loathing life as an accountant, I started going to therapy. Within a couple of years, I felt like I needed to know everything she knew and went back to school for my Masters in Social Work.

Having EMDR as a client, that was the first method I got trained in, but my fascination with the subconscious has grown from there. When I learned about parts work, it felt like a natural progression, as it matches my personal philosophy of how we lose ourselves as we navigate the bullshit in life. Since Bessel and his crew of trauma gurus have enlightened us on how it lies within the body, my obsessive energy has been put into learning all I can about the mind-body connection.

So the methods I use tend to use are centered around the subconscious, but make no mistake, some good ‘ol tough love and behavior analysis can do a client good. I have a very warm and witty approach that my clients seem to appreciate, because this work is too dark without bringing that light in. But I use my humor to be direct and face the problems, even if you normally use yours to avoid. I’m not new here, challenge accepted.

I bleed green in the winter, Phils red in the fall, and do think that being a Philly fan should be in the DSM. That said, I am non-boobird type. Go birds.