MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

I received my MSW from CUNY Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work. I graduated with Honors and was recognized as one of the top students in my class by winning the Carmen Ortiz Hendricks Award for working with underrepresented populations. After graduation, I maintained my connection with my mentors at Hunter by serving as a field instructor and teaching assistant for MSW students.

As a licensed clinical social worker, I have practiced in many settings including community mental health clinics, public and private hospitals, college counseling centers, child advocacy centers, and clients’ homes. My clients have been diverse in age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation. To continue to enhance my skills, I have also conducted post-grad training with the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and have taken intensive training courses in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as well as Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

MY APPROACH

I use evidenced-based psychotherapies to help you. What does that mean? Evidenced-based is just a fancy word to say that our work together will be informed by therapies that have been researched and vetted to show results.

Some of these include:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – good for clients who are active in their therapeutic process and want concrete skills that they can use today

  • Psychodynamic Therapy – good for clients who want to look at how they may be bringing their past into their present, especially in relationships

  • Solution-Focused Therapy – good for clients who want to set a goal and focus on how to get there in a short amount of time

  • Strengths-Based Therapy – good for clients who want to change their narrative from feeling defeated by deficits and empowered by their inherent strengths that they might have forgotten about

  • Motivational Interviewing – good for clients who may be unsure or ambivalent about certain behaviors for which they seek change

Finally, my practice is informed by the principles of social justice and the anti-oppressive lens. I recognize that systemic and institutionalized oppression has affected and impacted marginalized communities, including BIPOC and LGBTQ. These communities have endured a legacy of pain, suffering, and trauma often dictated by a society who has deemed them “undeserving” of basic human rights. This perspective often informs my treatment approach.