Drawing from the mindfulness-based and psychodynamic traditions, I use both approaches to help clients bring more awareness and acceptance to their experience, including moods, feelings, thoughts, inner conflicts and outer behavior patterns. This kind of non-judgmental awareness, in my view, facilitates healing and growth. I have also been influenced by the cognitive/behavioral, relational, and family systems perspectives, and utilize these approaches as needed. Most important, I believe psychotherapy is a collaborative effort and so I work together with clients to help them identify and ask for what they need both in the therapeutic relationship and in their lives.

In addition to working with individual clients around a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, panic, stress, relationship conflicts, career transitions and spiritual growth. I also lead Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy groups that are held throughout the year.

A faculty and board member at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, I am also a member of the National Association of Social Workers and have been in private practice since 2003.