As a mother of two, I am passionate about supporting mothers, birthing people, parents and caregivers through the many stages of parenthood and child raising. I focused my graduate studies on perinatal and maternal mental health, and my academic work explored the complex relationship between parenthood, sexuality and identity. 

While my background and clinical experience have been rooted in providing maternal mental health and grief support, I also work with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, sex and intimacy concerns and the many transitions that shape our lives. I work with couples at all stages of their relationships, helping them improve communication, deepen connection, navigate conflict, and cultivate greater emotional and physical intimacy.

As a clinician of color, I value working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. I’m attentive to the ways culture, identity and relationships intersect, and bring particular sensitivity to the nuances of family dynamics that influence our experience of ourselves and one another.

I currently practice at Be You Psychotherapy and provide virtual therapy across NY state and in-person therapy in Larchmont, NY. You can learn more about our practice at our website here.

EDUCATION

I earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Northwestern University and completed my graduate-level clinical training with the Upshur Bren Psychology Group. Prior to Northwestern, I studied Humanistic and Gestalt Therapy at the Gestalt Centre in London, England, and have additional experience in grief work as a former volunteer with The Dinner Party, a grief community. I received my undergraduate degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and spent more than 15 years as a corporate communications and public policy professional based in the US, Asia and Europe before transitioning to a second career in counseling.

CERTIFICATES & TRAINING

• Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C), Postpartum Support International

• Perinatal Mood Disorders - Components of Care, Postpartum Support International

• Perinatal Mental Health Advanced Psychotherapy Training, Postpartum Support International

• Paternal Mental Health, The Motherhood Center 

• Caring for Pregnancy Loss: Supporting Families Through Grief, The Motherhood Center

• Infertility, Pregnancy Loss & Reproductive Trauma, PESI

• Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, NYCEFT

• Core Skills, Advanced Training Program  in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, NYCEFT (current candidate)

• "Sex as a Safe Adventure" - Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples

• Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) 

• Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children - Level 1 Training 

• Humanistic and Gestalt Counseling, The Gestalt Centre - London

• PESI UK: Women, Trauma and Mental Health 

• British Psychological Society: Racism in Psychological Therapies

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

• Presentation: Sex as Self-Care for Moms: The Intersection of Motherhood, Identity and Sexuality  (Presented at the 2025 American Counseling Association Annual Conference)