I’m so delighted you are here. I want to mirror back to you the courage and risk it takes to be at this point in your journey and I’d love to share some information about myself so you can determine if I’m the type of therapist who you want to work with. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in PA where I have held a private practice since July 2011.  In 2021, I became licensed as a Professional Counselor of Mental Health (LPCMH) in DE where I reside.  My private practice office is located in Wilmington, DE, but I continue to see clients from both PA and DE in person and online.

I use she/her pronouns and I am a 45 year old white, queer, femme, cis-woman of Euro/Irish ancestry and working class origins. I grew up in southern New Jersey and as an adult I have lived in Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and currently call Wilmington, DE home where I live with my spouse and our two young children.  I locate myself in our work together so that you know who is in the room with you and I name and explore how our social positions impact our therapeutic relationship as I believe that this is a core component to equity work. With this orientation to healing, I do not approach our work together from the traditional medical model where problems addressed in therapy are viewed as pathology and the psychotherapist is positioned as the "expert." I believe that we hold a shared vision and responsibility.

My approach in working with you is heavily informed by attachment science, interpersonal neurobiology, liberation and social justice, family systems, developmental, relational, experiential, and contextual theories, and the essential journey of trauma integration across the lifespan.  I take a clinical stance that addresses how structural and systemic oppression impacts mental health, emotional well-being, and the experience of self and others, and I am inclusive and affirming. I offer approaches that value the importance of a relationship being grounded in equity, mutual respect, and a sense of shared purpose.   Central to this concept is the understanding that the self-of-the-therapist (one’s personal experiences, background, and social location) are always impacting the therapeutic relationship in explicit and implicit ways. My clinical training, professional experience, and education are only a few of the lenses operating in our work together and my various aspects of self and positionality are also playing a role.

I hold a Master of Arts (MA) in Forensic Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Illinois where I first obtained my LPC in 2004. I also have a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Prior to starting my practice, I worked in the following positions and organizations: EMDR Clinician (New Beginnings Program) and Individual/Group Psychotherapist at the Therapy Center of Philadelphia (formerly known as Women's Therapy Center); Life Resource Counselor at United Behavioral Health; Psychotherapist at the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, Trauma Services Department; Psychotherapist at the Joseph J. Peters Institute, Child and Adolescent Program; and Group Psychotherapist at the Joseph J. Peters Institute, Adult Program.  My clinical work in IL included Director of Social Work Services at the Evanston Community Defender's Office and Clinician at Cognitive Behavioral Solutions Group Practice.  

I have recently held positions as a Clinical Supervisor at the Therapy Center of Philadelphia, a nonprofit that is committed to striving toward racial and gender equity and offers affordable psychotherapy services to women, trans, and gender nonconforming/nonbinary communities from a feminist, relational, and intersectional frame.  In my position at TCP for 11 years, I oversaw the development of our group therapy program and provided individual and group supervision to staff psychotherapists, students, and interns exploring the impact of intersectionality and self-of-the-therapist dynamics within the therapeutic and supervisory relationships.  I also held positions as a Clinical Instructor at Drexel University and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where I taught courses related to group psychotherapy and group dynamics with a focus on the centrality of an experiential component to student learning.

 To verify my license #PC005290 in PA visit: https://www.pals.pa.gov/#/page/search

To verify my license #PC-0011133 in DE visit: https://delpros.delaware.gov/OH_VerifyLicense