YOUR BEST NEXT STEP IS…
GRIEF THERAPY
Based on your quiz results, Grief Therapy could be a good next step for you. If you’re in New York, keep reading for more information on working with me. If you’re in another state (or country), you can find a therapist by clicking here.
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Please note that this quiz results are for educational purposes only.
TYPES OF THERAPY
Grief & Loss Therapy
Losing someone we love is never something we will "get over"” It's life changing, some might say, life-shattering. Going to speak with a trained professional will not bring a miraculous healing, quick fix or a way to make the pain lessen on a specific time line, but what it can do is bring structure to a non-sensical situation, help you to pick up some of the pieces that have been shattered, while honoring the relationship with the person who is now gone, and gently guide you in a direction of finding purpose and meaning in life again. This kind of therapy utilizes psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and narrative therapy. It’s most important to me that you just feel held, seen, and witnessed during this painful time in your life.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is a structured approach that focuses on understanding and changing both how you think (“cognitive”) and what you do (“behavior”) in order to resolve current life difficulties and reduce psychological symptoms and distress, especially anxiety. Whether you've struggled with anxiety all of your life, or it's situational,CBT provides you with a new way of understanding and approaching your problems, as well as targeting change in the unhealthy patterns that maintain your problems. This is a team effort, and helps when you’re feeling “stuck” in a negative thought cycle.
Life Transition Therapy and Coaching
I am excited to be offering a more strategic way of working together. This is for anyone who is looking for help in making a transition in their life-- whether having to do with your career, home relocation, relationship challenges, and accountability for goal setting.
Within this way of working together, I am more solution oriented, and the work is interactive towards getting you to where you want to be without the added layers of psychotherapy. Having a clinical background with a more laser-focused approach can help you to get where you want to go and feel how you want to be feeling with a more direct approach.
These sessions are offered in person and online.
Trauma- Informed Therapy
This approach to therapy that recognizes and emphasizes understanding how a traumatic experience impacts someone’s mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. This type of therapy helps us to understanding the connection between the trauma experience and our emotional/behavioral responses. The purpose of trauma-focused therapy is to offer you skills and strategies to help you better understand, cope with, and process emotions and memories tied to traumatic experiences. The end goal enables you to create a healthier and more tolerable meaning of the experience that took place in your life.
My Approach TO THERAPY
“I want to unfold where I am folded, for there I am most alive.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
I know it’s not easy to even start the search for someone to help you through your hardest times, so I appreciate the time you’re taking to be here with me right now.
I treat individuals going through loss and grief, as well as life transitions of all kinds. I strive to provide hope, encouragement, occasional humor, and steadfast support as you navigate life's challenges and tragedies that have been put in your path. Even if the pain of your experience has no timeline or certain trajectory, I believe there is a need for a sense of agency during a time in one’s life that feels intolerable— specialized grief-informed therapy can help with this.
I imagine you want to feel like you are “ok”, but you've lost your sense of balance and certainty in this world. Maybe you're going through a major life transition, like ending a relationship, moving to a new city, or starting a new career. Maybe you are trying to decide what's next for you after a series of difficult endings.
Even the most welcome of changes come with their share of challenges, or maybe you find yourself in the same old patterns ending up in the same old place over and over without a clear idea of how to make lasting changes. I want to help you make the changes in yourself and in your life so that you feel more steady, more focused, and better able to manage each challenge you face.
Meditation and mindfulness, for the cultivation of steadiness, presence, and insight, has been an essential part of my own life and daily practice for over 15 years. I have a keen interest in the intersections between psychotherapy and spirituality, and the gifts that each of these fields can offer each other (and to my clients).
I truly admire your willingness to embark on the courageous journey toward transformation and healing, and am honored to stand beside you in your quest for meaning, happiness and a life that feels fulfilling as you move forward.
TRAINING
I’m an LCSW licensed in the State of New York.
I received my Masters in Social Work from New York University in 2004.
In 2005, I received certification in Trauma Studies from New York University's International Trauma Studies Program.
In the 18+ years since I have been a practicing licensed clinical social worker, I have traveled to Africa to advocate for women's health and education, worked with Holocaust Survivors at a major Manhattan Institution, and have trained counselors on trauma-informed care when working with substance use disorder, as well as eating disorders, and grief.
Most recently, I was the clinical director at the Addiction Institute of New York at Mt. Sinai-St. Luke's Hospital Campus.
Over a decade ago, I became more interested in mindfulness-based therapies. I have found them to be incredibly effective along with CBT to help treat anxiety, grief, trauma symptoms, as well as many types of addictions.
I have completed training certificates in Grief Counseling, Family Systems Theory, CBT, DBT, Trauma Studies, and EMDR. I am also a Level 2 provider with training from the Center for Prolonged Grief at Columbia University.
I believe there is never a time to stop learning so that I can continue to offer all of the most up to date treatment interventions to my clients.
All in all, the goal is to get you on the path to a more balanced and meaningful life.
EDUCATION
Fordham University May 2015 Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) Certification
New York University May 2010
Master of Arts, International Education
(Career Counseling)
New York University May 2005
Certification in International Trauma Studies
New York University May 2004
Master of Social Work
Affiliations
National Association of Social Workers
New York State Society for Clinical Social Workers
National Association of Trauma Specialists
NAADAC (National Association for Addiction Professionals)
Fees & What to expect
After a brief phone conversation, we can meet to talk through the things that have brought you to therapy in more detail, and see how we might work together. There is, of course, no obligation to decide one way or another then and there – it is important that you take time and ensure you make the right choice for you. We may, however, choose to look at possible on-going session times and rates to allow you to make an informed choice about whether you would like to continue.
If you do wish to move forward with me we will then confirm a regular time to meet for a weekly 45-minute session.
At this time, I am no longer taking insurance. I am an out-of-network provider on many PPO insurance panels. My fee ($275/per session) is an up-front cost to you, but should you choose to work with me, it is possible you will be reimbursed after you submit a monthly super bill to your insurance company. I recommend you call and speak with an insurance representative about your out-of-network coverage.