People have always trusted me with 
their stories.

Since I was a child, I’ve been drawn to conversations about what people carry inside—the feelings, questions, longings, and dreams that shape our lives. Even with people I had just met, conversations often moved quickly into deeper territory. People trusted me with parts of their story they had never shared before, and I always felt honored to listen and hold that trust with care.

My story

Being a therapist is not simply a profession for me—it is a way of life and a calling.

At 29, a serious injury left me virtually unable to walk for nearly two years. I could no longer continue the physical work I had been doing and I was forced to pause and reflect on how I wanted to move forward.

A few people told me I should consider becoming a therapist. Through many hours of introspection and writing poetry and personal essays, I came to the realization that they were right: this vocation was the natural path for me to walk; it was who I had always been.

therapeutic approach

My therapeutic style is collaborative, empowering, and sensitive to your cultural context.

Although I draw from a variety of approaches I have been trained in, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness, the primary treatment modalities I use are Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and Intimacy From the Inside Out®. 

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Licensure, Education, and Training

  • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW, Massachusetts 116639)

  • Master of Social Work, Boston University School of Social Work (2006)

  • Couple and Family Therapy Certificate, Training Therapy Boston 

  • Group Work Certificate, Boston University School of Social Work

  • IFS trainings: Levels 1, 2 and 3; IFS, Trauma and Neuroscience; Eating Disorders and Addictions; Healing Circles: IFS with Groups 

  • Intimacy From the Inside Out trainings: IFIO Basic; IFIO Advanced; Betrayal and Repair; Shame and the Brain; Sexuality Matters; Love, Autism, and ADHD

  • Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization (EMDR) (Levels 1 and 2)

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Treatment of Trauma (Level 1)

Professional Experience

  • Private Practice (2015-Present)

  • Co-Lead Trainer, Intimacy From the Inside Out (started trainer track, 2021)

  • Bilingual therapist, two community health centers in Boston (2007-2021)

  • Adjunct professor, Adult Trauma, Boston University School of Social Work (2019) and Boston College School of Social Work (2021)

  • Presenter, IFS Conferences in the United States (2016, 2017) and Moscow, Russia (online) (2025)

  • Background in HIV/AIDS public health program management and training