About Me

I started my journey with a major in Psychology at McGill University, followed by a Master’s in Social Work from New York University. Since becoming a licensed psychotherapist in 2007, I’ve dedicated myself to helping individuals and couples work through a wide range of emotional challenges. Over the years, I’ve focused particularly on trauma, addiction, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and my core passion: supporting people through issues related to gender and sexuality.

From 2009 to 2015, I completed advanced psychoanalytic training at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. This deepened my foundation in psychodynamic therapy, where the focus is on working with the unconscious. As Carl Jung noted, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” I see therapy as the process of bringing these unconscious patterns into awareness—like revealing blind spots in the mind. Once these hidden dynamics are made visible, people gain greater choice and freedom in how they live, which often leads to less anxiety and fewer depressive symptoms.

Alongside psychodynamic work, I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS), a model that helps people develop compassionate relationships with the different “parts” of themselves, and cognitive-behavioral techniques that support shifting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors.

In 2020, like so many others, I made some big changes. I moved to upstate New York and set up my home office near the beautiful Ashokan Reservoir. Being surrounded by nature and getting deeper into plant medicine work has inspired me to introduce a spiritual, non-religious dimension to my practice. I’ve found this helps clients reconnect with themselves and the natural world, breaking old patterns from childhood in a really healing way. My goal is to offer a holistic, compassionate approach that nurtures both your mind and spirit.

When I’m not working, I love to paint animal portraits—there’s something about capturing their spirit that brings me so much joy.