About Me
As a clinical psychologist, I endeavor to listen closely to my patients’ desires, fears, and needs, to identify and build upon their strengths, and to foster healing. In the course of my training, I have worked in academic medical centers, college counseling centers, and community mental health clinics. I have treated children and adults as individuals, couples, in groups, and as families.
My therapeutic orientation is grounded in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic, existential, and relational therapy, and is informed by cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and family systems approaches. I draw from both empirical and theoretical approaches to understanding the human condition, and offer a highly individualized psychotherapy to each of my patients, couples, and families. At the core, I believe a strong sense of fit between therapist and patient is the most important element in an effective psychotherapeutic relationship. I find myself growing and changing with each and every person I work with.
I am a part-time Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a staff psychologist in the Child Outpatient Department at Cambridge Health Alliance, where I also completed my Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology. I earned my PhD in Clinical Psychology from City College of New York (CUNY). My qualitative dissertation examining experiences of grief and mourning among gay men who are long-term HIV/AIDS survivors won the Kenneth and Mamie Clark Dissertation Award.
In addition, I have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and I studied Literature as an undergraduate at Harvard. I have also worked in journalism and in human rights NGOs in the U.S. and abroad. These experiences meaningfully inform my therapeutic philosophy and approach.
I use she/her pronouns, and I offer therapy in English and in Hebrew.
Training
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.
Doctoral Degree: City College of New York (CUNY) Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Clinical Internship: University of California, Davis (Undocumented/AB540 Students emphasis)
Clinical Practica: Brooklyn College Personal Counseling, Hunter College Counseling Services, The Psychological Center at City College of New York
certifications
Intensive Certificate Program in Family Systems and Couples Therapy (in progress)
Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy Certificate Program (2023)