SPECIALITY AREAS

PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH AND PARENTHOOD

Bringing a child into the world and parenting young children can bring up new challenges or exacerbate underlying predispositions to mental health concerns.

Many of my clients are parents of young children and as a mother of young children myself, I find normalizing the struggles of parenthood especially rewarding. I hold a certificate in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders from Postpartum Support International and work with individuals to address their changing roles and corresponding challenges, including anxiety, OCD, and depression.

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PTSD AND TRAUMA

Sometimes very difficult experiences such as assault, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, and combat experiences stick with us and impact how we think about ourselves, others, and the world. Avoidance and unhelpful thoughts (e.g. thoughts focused on self-blame, guilt) maintain one's trauma response.

I am trained in evidence-based trauma treatment, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE), which are strongly recommended treatments by APA. I am adept at trauma assessment and have treated complex trauma cases with consistent success.

HEALTH CONCERNS

It's common for a new or existing health diagnosis to cause distress.

I have extensive experience in behavioral health, after training at three primary care clinics and co-authoring a book chapter about gender differences and meaning making in cancer patients. I worked on an interdisciplinary diabetes intensive case management team and lead support groups for individuals with chronic illness.

As a women's health focused provider I have a unique understanding of concerns including PCOS and PMDD. I can work with your medical providers to support you in medication adherence, lifestyle changes, and emotional distress related to physical illness.

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INSOMNIA AND SLEEP

Life stressors and environmental factors can contribute to difficulty falling and staying asleep, waking up too early, and non-restorative or poor quality of sleep.

I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), an all-natural, evidence-based method that focuses on changing one's sleep habits and thoughts and misconceptions about sleep that perpetuate insomnia. CBT-I is the gold standard in insomnia treatment.

ATTENTION AND FOCUS

Perhaps you have always struggled with attention and focus, but did not know why. Maybe you have been diagnosed with ADHD later in life and while you have already developed creative strategies to manage your symptoms, you have the hunch that there are other ways to function more efficiently.

After working with college and graduate students at various educational institutions, I have a special interest in helping adults manage attention and focus concerns. In therapy you can learn helpful time management, prioritization, and attentional strategies to work smarter and mitigate overwhelm.