While still providing psychotherapy, I am shifting my focus from being a only a private practice psychotherapist to being a psychodrama trainer and private practice mentor and coach.  I am passionate about helping therapists and healthcare providers at every stage of their journey towards private practice or simply being more empowered wherever you are in your journey. I am a stand for spiritually integrating identity, bringing one’s unique brilliance to life both in business and the world as an expression of what makes your soul sing.

I have noticed that therapists are naturally drawn to my practice. Embracing being a therapist's therapist, I am dedicated to supporting other health care specialists with the challenges we  face, such as direct and vicarious stress management, balancing the unique challenges for work and personal life such as isolation that can come from burn out, exposure to trauma and listening fatigue, which leads to addressing and healing from vicarious traumatization, as well as generating overall self-care on bio-psycho-social-cultural levels.

I also offer therapeutic coaching to help therapists and other health care professionals build confidence, overcome imposter syndrome, and become more present in their lives both personally and professionally. It lights me up helping other therapists clarify their ideal niche, distinguish their unique signature system distilling what they are known for, and creating a vibrant practice that is soul nourishing, empowering you to make your greatest impact on the world. 

Core Empowerment Approach:

My foundational life empowerment therapy and coaching approach emphasizes keen listening and ontological appreciation - meaning an appreciation for our innate beingness on this planet. It also focuses on aligning with our core values, and what we truly care about and are committed to rather than creating a life based on complaints. Dealing with life's circumstances in the present of the hear and now is also a key component of my mindful and heartful approach. This approach helps clients overcome limitations in their actual lives in the here and now, and embrace their true potential as it emerges through the transformational healing journey.

Being Foundationally Trauma Informed:

My practice takes into account that T/trauma has a global impact on bio-psycho-social-cultural functioning, and I include the spiritual as an underpinning to all of this. Therefore applying the Six Key Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach is an essential aspect of my practice. These dynamic principles are: 1. Safety, 2. Trustworthiness and Transparency, 3. Peer Support, 4. Collaboration and Mutuality, 5. Empowerment, Voice and Choice, and 6. and Honoring Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues.

The Relationships Realm (relationships with oneself, others, places, things and substances):

The quality of our life is determined by the quality of our connections and our capacity for connection that begins within ourselves and extends out from there. Knowing thyself is an essential element of this. And, relationships include those with others, food, money, sex, as well as, unhelpful patterns and ways of being. Understanding one’s wants and needs; first and foremost within ourselves is essential to honor. From there we address concerns, connections, communication, and satisfaction in relationship with ourselves, others and life as a whole. Not just living a life out of default or drift, but consciously creating a life you love.

Integral Well-Being:

I embrace what I call the Basics of Being which is these 4 key principles of self care: 1. attending to and using the breath for being present and alive, 2. caring for the body through health and well-being practices, 3. balancing life's demands with what you truly care about, and 4. practicing boundaries that align with this. Cultivating what I call this Integral Self and living life from this energy is essential to aligning with values and core needs for connection and nourishment overall in life.

The Japanese Principle of, Yarigai, Worthwhile Life-Work:

Support around personal and professional growth; clarifying career goals and implementing steps toward building a fulfilling career and meaningful work-life balance with a particular focus on therapists and other healthcare practitioners.

The Japanese Principle of the Kintsugi Method, Living Whole and Complete:

Kinstugi is a traditional Japanese method for restoring broken pottery by using gold to repair the cracks and broken parts and pieces. Applying this as a metaphor to therapy and coaching, I use this method for restoring integrity to one's life as a whole. Without integrity, nothing works. This method embraces the power of connectivity, the beauty of authenticity and imperfection and empowering overall work-ability through integrity for a life well-lived - whole and complete, no matter the circumstance.

The Japanese Principle of Ou-Bai-Tou-Ri, We all have Unique Brilliance: 

Ou-Bai-Tou-Ri shows us through example of 4 kinds of trees and fruits - the cherry blossom, apricot, peach and plum - that each kind will blossom and bloom uniquely - flowers and fruit, that are uniquely important and beautiful, so we do not need to compare ourselves to others. But, rather we should honor our unique gifts and contributions we are here to fulfill.

My clinical journey began in 1997-1999 when I completed my MSW at Smith College. I hold a Massachusetts license as an LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker #111055) and operate professionally both online and in person. Throughout my career, I have worked across all levels of care with individuals, couples, and families dealing with trauma, medical illnesses such as cancer and HIV/AIDS, major mental illnesses, eating disorders, and addictions.

• Certified Practitioner and Practitioner Applicant for Trainer of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy: I have extensive training in psychodrama from the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute in New York and the now-closed Omega Theater in Boston, MA. Additionally, I am a graduate of Psychodramatic Bodywork and have been integrating this modality into my work since 2005.

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level II Trained: I am passionate about integrating psychodrama with IFS, two powerful modalities that facilitate transformation, awareness, and healing into wholeness.

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Trained: I am skilled in applying DBT for skills training.

•  Harvard Teaching Hospitals Training: I received training at the Cambridge Health Alliance and Massachusetts General Hospital.

• Professional Experience: I have worked in various settings, including the Cambridge Health Alliance (inpatient and primary care), Deaconess Waltham Eating Disorder Service, Cambridge Eating Disorder Center, and the Center for Eating Disorders in New Bedford, NH.