Welcome,
I have a psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy practice. Essentially that means I think of the therapy room as a microcosm of your outside world and that naming and clarifying experiences and dynamics that occur between us can help foster the development of insight and helpful solutions.
Although I tend to prefer in person work, I also use tele-therapy with older adolescents and adults in order to be more accessible.
I believe psychotherapy is life changing but only if you are curious and willing to do the work. Consistent weekly sessions is an important part of that commitment and helps deepen the therapeutic relationship and improve outcomes.
By sharing their stories, my clients not only understand the events that brought them to this moment in time, but how to actively write their own stories.
553 Clinton Street
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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I am a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience and a psychotherapy practice in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. I obtained a Masters in Social Work from New York University, as well as a certificate in infant, child and adolescent psychotherapy from New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training (NYIPT). I have also participated in analytic training at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS) and continue to attend regular psychoanalytic conferences and workshops to hone my craft. I was even lucky enough to present twice in the last Division 39 Psychoanalytic Psychology annual conference on tele-therapy and the multiplicity of gender in 2022. Before starting my practice I worked in an outpatient hospital setting, provided home based services to families in the foster care system, as a school therapist and in community-based clinics.
I grew up on the east coast but am a first generation American of mixed European and Latin American descent. An identity that was somewhat on the fringe of the norm gave me a great appreciation for learning about ways of being other than my own. It also encouraged a constant re-evaluation of my identity and values, something that is easy to leave unquestioned but important in your psychotherapist. I bring this same introspection and curiosity to my work with patients and feel honored to be part of their journey that includes healing and identity cohesion.
I have a 22lb hypoallergenic gentle dog who is sometimes in session napping, but certainly does not have to be!