“I use a gentle, supportive, and consistent approach to client care.”
What was your path to becoming a therapist?
I have worked in community mental health centers, including the Fifth Avenue Counseling Center, which has been providing mental health care to New Yorkers for decades. I also worked at the Community Service Society in New York.
What should someone know about working with you?
I use a gentle, supportive, and consistent approach to client care. Outside of my work as a therapist, I speak Spanish and can provide treatment in Spanish as well.
What do you do to continue learning and building competencies as a provider?
I keep up with trainings from the American Psychological Association, the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, and Harvard Medical School.
What are you most excited about within the evolving mental health landscape?
I treat a wide range of presenting issues and I hold sub-specialties in work related to the LGBTQ population. I am also on staff at DAP Health, where I was a frontline worker during the pandemic.
Have you done any research-based work that you found particularly exciting? How does it inform your practice today?
I participated in research at Harvard Medical School in the areas of global mental health and trauma and recovery certification.
“Outside of my work as a therapist, I speak Spanish and can provide treatment in Spanish as well.”