I focus on helping patients face fear and discomfort head-on using evidence-based methods to support meaningful behavior change. In my experience, progress doesn’t happen with insight alone. It happens through action, repetition, and learning that you can tolerate more than your anxiety tells you that you can.

Through work at a nonprofit behavioral health facility and intensive addiction recovery program, I’ve had the opportunity to partner with individuals across a wide range of ages, backgrounds, and diagnoses. Those experiences shaped how I build rapport and reinforced how essential it is to have patience, flexibility, and to always meet people where they are.

The most important part of this to me is human connection. Sitting with someone in a hard moment and watching them realize they can keep moving forward — even through pain — is something I never take for granted.

I specialize in anxiety-related disorders, including OCD, social anxiety, and specific phobias, and I also work with trauma, domestic violence, and substance use. I’ve cared for patients in medical settings, including oncology, which deepened my understanding of how serious illness affects a person’s emotional life. Primary modalities include cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure and response prevention, which are especially effective in helping people reduce avoidance and build confidence over time. I take a trauma-informed lens to every session, grounding interactions in safety, trust, and curiosity. I’ve helped individuals move through intrusive thoughts, fear-based thinking, and compulsive behaviors toward a more values-based and flexible way of living.

I work primarily with adults 18+ and have experience with adolescents and individuals involved in the legal or criminal justice system. Engaging such a wide range of ages, backgrounds, and clinical contexts has sharpened my ability to adapt to developmental stage, life context, and presenting concerns.