As I was graduating from high school, I was set on studying math and computer science to work in the field of mathematics and technology. During my second year of study in engineering school, a long string of suicides on campus, which included prominent LGBT+ people, attuned me to the profundity of human suffering that was all around me. After withdrawing from engineering school, I did a complete 180 and decided to study psychology and social work with the mission to alleviate suffering and self-harm in the world through providing therapy. Having received my psychology and social work degrees from NYU and UGA as well as clinical therapeutic training from Dr. Kelly Simonson, I continue to keep my personal mission alight.

I work best with clients who truly bring themselves, as they are in the world, to therapy. It is my belief that the therapeutic relationship is but a mirror to how people interact with those around them in the world. In any of my therapeutic relationships, I try to help my clients eliminate the thought of trying to "win" therapy, as pop culture spheres sometimes joke. The therapeutic process requires gradually built trust, positive rapport, and honesty, and I find the most success with clients who are able to lean into those concepts on their own timeline.

I wish that all clients knew that healing is entirely a non-linear process!

Clients can expect warmth, sincerity, professionalism, positive regard, and genuine curiosity as I learn more about who they are.

A pivotal moment in my life was at the age of 19 when it became clear to me that I needed to get sober from alcohol. The process of getting sober at that age taught me just how intense, challenging, overwhelming, and confusing the process of change is. As I have matured, and especially through social work school and clinical training, my understanding of what it means to change one's self or to witness change in another has only deepened, and I continue to have a profound and sacred respect for anyone that wishes to make changes to their life.

Person-centered therapy principles were at the forefront of my social work education, and I tailor my therapy sessions in several ways to meet individual needs. I am a trauma-informed practitioner, and I strive to make both the physical and emotional containers of therapy as safe as possible for my clients. I have solid multicultural understandings that borrow from the tenets of intersectionality theory, but I am also dedicated to lifelong continued learning about different cultures, genders, sexual orientations, and identities. I also lean into a strengths-based approach, and it is my belief that every client possesses strengths and resourcefulness that I can help identify and harness throughout providing their therapy.