Ways we can work together
I specialize in working with high-functioning youth, adults, and professionals experiencing depression, anxiety, and trauma & couples facing attachment wounds and challenges with communication. My therapeutic style is relational and collaborative with a dedicated focus on depth work. I integrate psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy with eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and mindfulness-based techniques to support ongoing self-exploration and meaningful change.
At the core of my work is the belief that lasting change happens through awareness, acceptance, and empowerment built by a sincere commitment and dedication to invest in yourself. I strive to build a strong, trusting therapeutic alliance where we can explore your past and present in service of creating the future you desire over time.
Whether you're seeking greater understanding of yourself, deeper connection in your relationships, shared growth in community, or career support from clinician to clinician, I offer a range of services designed to meet you where you are from a place of compassion, cultural awareness, and care.
Psychodynamic and Jungian psychotherapy
I use psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and Jungian psychotherapy along with an integrative blend of EMDR and holistic approaches to bring forth unconscious processes that have developed over the lifespan and work through present-day issues by discussing your childhood, upbringing, and sociocultural background. I encourage the exploration of dreams to provide rich added context in knowing the depths of your mind.
Emerging & young adults
I enjoy working with individuals ages 18-60 along with those who may identify as “Millennial” or “Gen Z”. I especially enjoy working with those who are starting long-term depth-focused psychotherapy for the first time.
Complex trauma
Trauma significantly changes the way you experience life. If you find yourself feeling frozen or disconnected due to past or current trauma, I can help you to unpack the intricacies found within the layers of abuse, neglect, and harm by utilizing comprehensive EMDR or EMDR-informed therapy and additional trauma-focused interventions. I work closely with survivors of childhood invalidation and abuse along with those who experience family-of-origin trauma.
Mood and behavioral disorders
Are you experiencing depression, anxiety, or ongoing behavioral and emotional issues? We can work together to better understand what you are facing.
Self-esteem
Gaining independence and finding your voice can feel uncomfortable and unfamiliar. I am here to support you in blossoming into the you that you envision, no matter which span of life you are in.
Life transitions
Let us explore the changes you are navigating within your career, relationships, and/or geographical location along with any other transitions that require an adjustment.
Intersectionality
Your identity along with your racial, ethnic, and cultural background play a major role in your personal experiences. If you are feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or grasping at straws to navigate life within the overlap of multiple parts of your Self, let’s work together to better understand and integrate these core aspects of who you are.
Acculturation
Have you always felt like an outsider? Has it been hard to find a sense of belonging? Have you experienced cultural guilt? I will work with you to explore your multicultural experiences and their impact.
Identity-related stress
If you have battled the accumulated stress and trauma from repeated instances of discrimination, microaggression, and systemic violence, it is vital that we come together to work through and process these hurtful and harmful occurrences from an anti-capitalist and anti-racist framework.
Intercultural and interracial relationships
Has it become second nature to disagree with one another? Are individual differences pushing you and your partner further apart? When relationship challenges are at the forefront, it can be a struggle to feel like a unit. If you’ve lost your connection to each other, I will facilitate the process of reuniting to find yourself on the same page as your partner once again.
Mentorship and consultation for early career clinicians
Are you an early career clinician seeking ongoing mentorship as you navigate the ins and outs of becoming a therapist and entering the clinical mental health field? Would having a contemporary psychodynamic conceptualization assist you in clarifying challenging clinical questions? Do you feel ready to launch your private practice? Let’s connect further to discuss your needs and how we can collaborate to ensure success and satisfaction in your clinical work over time.
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DREAMERS: Rich inner worlds imagined together
We all have dreams awaiting an enlivening. Known as the “father” of talk therapy, Sigmund Freud stated, “Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.” Prominent psychoanalyst Carl Jung further emphasized the significance of dreams within the therapeutic process. Dream work has evidently been vital to psychotherapy as exemplified by two pioneers in the field. Have you ever wondered what it could be like to uncover what goes unseen? To experience your dreams and inner world coming alive with others present to engage in your dreams with you? DREAMERS is an 8-week process group aimed to guide you in understanding your Self through the shared process of speaking your dreams aloud and giving them shape in the presence of other DREAMERS. Please see this flyer for relevant information and inquire to learn more about joining the DREAMERS.
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BIPOC Children of Immigrants
Being a child of immigrants creates both tension and tradition through the process of stripping what was once known to make room for the unknown that is to come, often with only hope and uncertainty to guide you. BIPOC Children of Immigrants is an 8-week process group designed to create space for those with shared experiences of identity and culture. BIPOC individuals 18 or older in the greater DMV area (DC, Maryland, and Virginia) are welcome to join. Please see this flyer for more information.
