How I Work

Therapy with me is active, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based care. I use approaches like CBT, ACT, and ERP to help you understand how anxiety and OCD operate. And, more importantly, how to step out of the patterns that keep you stuck.

I’m not a passive listener or a “tell me more about that” therapist. I bring structure, strategy, and curiosity into the room, while staying attuned to your lived experience and what actually works for you.

Our work is a partnership. We’ll look at the patterns driving anxiety, intrusive thoughts, perfectionism, or burnout, and practice responding to them in new, more flexible ways. Together, we’ll build skills, challenge unhelpful cycles, and run real-life experiments that increase your confidence and capacity over time.

I’ll support you, ask thoughtful questions, offer clear direction when needed, and help you move toward meaningful change in a way that feels grounded, practical, and sustainable.

What to Expect in
Therapy with Me

You can expect therapy to feel focused, supportive, and purposeful. We’ll start by clarifying what’s been keeping you stuck—whether that’s anxiety, intrusive thoughts, perfectionism, burnout, or life transitions—and identify the patterns that are maintaining it.

From there, sessions are structured but flexible, with a balance of insight, skill-building, and real-world application. You won’t be asked to relive your story endlessly, and you won’t be pushed faster than you’re ready. Instead, we’ll move at a thoughtful pace, practicing new ways of responding to anxiety or OCD, building confidence in your ability to tolerate discomfort, and creating change that actually carries over into daily life.

Outside the Therapy Room

When I’m not meeting with clients or writing about the messy-but-human parts of life, you can find me traveling to spend time with family and friends, exploring new restaurants, or binging the newest hit reality show or psychological thriller. I believe in practicing what I teach and showing grace for myself when I don’t. My goal in life is to explore, experience, and create meaningful moments in a world that doesn’t slow down on its own.

Training

My clinical training was shaped in rigorous, high-acuity settings where anxiety and OCD were treated with intention, precision, and respect for complexity. I trained at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, working in the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and contributing to the development of the Anxiety Disorders Program.Through my work at Johns Hopkins, I received extensive training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based interventions. This training emphasized not just knowing the models, but applying them skillfully with real people navigating intrusive thoughts, avoidance, perfectionism, and high levels of distress.

I also completed advanced training through the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Philadelphia, with a focused emphasis on CBT, prolonged exposure, and OCD treatment. This training deepened my understanding of how anxiety and OCD are maintained, how to intervene effectively, and how to help clients make meaningful, lasting change rather than relying on short-term coping alone.

This clinical training informs the structure I bring to sessions, the way I conceptualize anxiety and OCD, and my commitment to using approaches that are both compassionate and clinically sound. My goal is to offer clients care that is thoughtful, effective, and grounded in methods proven to help people reclaim their lives from anxiety and OCD.

Education

Master of Social Work | University of Maryland, Baltimore | 2015
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology | University of Colorado | 2010