About Me

I have been in private practice since 2020 and, I have over 10 years of federal work experience in the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In private practice, I see adults with a range of presenting concerns such as anxiety, depression, medical conditions, life stress, grief/loss, workplace burnout, interpersonal difficulties, and academic stress. 

During my years at the VA, I worked as a health psychologist in primary care and medical units including hospice, the ALS Clinic, and emergency room departments. I led various groups in smoking cessation, chronic pain management, and weight loss management. I also served on the clinical supervision board for pre-doctoral psychology interns and offered individual supervision in health psychology.

Later in my career, I received specialized training in suicide prevention and worked in the national suicide prevention program offering evidence-based suicide prevention therapy to high risk veterans for almost three years. 

Over the years, I have acquired core competencies in areas of: health psychology, geropsychology, and suicide prevention, which taught me how to work efficiently and effectively with various medical and mental health complexities. 

I love learning and enjoy equipping my clients with evidence-based strategies they can apply to their lives. My passion is understanding how the whole body works to heal itself, which is why I am passionate about functional medicine, nutrition, and mindfulness meditation. Due to my own thirst for knowledge, I completed advanced trainings in mindfulness based stress reduction and nutritional psychology.

While at CDC, I worked in breast cancer prevention, which was rewarding and informative. Working within an interdisciplinary team and participating in community-based research, allowed me to appreciate how our environment, values, beliefs, and childhood experiences impact our health and quality of life. 

Given my diverse personal and professional background, I am able to incorporate these unique attributes to treat my clients with wisdom, compassion, humility, and appreciation. I am able to think outside of the box and tailor evidence-based interventions to improve the lives of my clients and instill hope.