About Me


I’m a clinical social worker (LCSW), trainer and educator, licensed in New York, the District of Columbia, and Maryland, whose identity as a queer woman committed to anti-oppressive practice deeply informs the work I do.

  • Looking for someone to lead your team through a foundational or more advanced training on effectively working with the LGBTQ community, addressing substance use concerns, or truly “getting it” when it comes to working with teens and young adults?
  • Need an experienced clinician to provide professional guidance or clinical supervision to managers or trainees?
  • Seeking a therapist who lives and works outside the box?

You’ve come to the right place.

A graduate of NYU’s School of Social Work, I worked in a variety of community-based social service settings for nearly two decades, including harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, psychosocial clubhouse, and youth development programs. In addition to individual therapy, I’ve had the honor of providing group support to transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse folks, their partners, and family members; individuals living with HIV/AIDS; adolescents coming out as LGBT; new immigrants; and active substance users exploring changes in their use, among others. I have provided LGBT cultural competency trainings to thousands of individuals in dozens of agency settings, as well as presenting or serving as a panelist at local and national community briefings, summits, and conferences.

Most recently I served as Deputy Director of Programs and Policy at the NYC LGBT Community Center, where I provided clinical supervision and administrative support to a direct service team reaching thousands of individuals annually with mental health counseling, career coaching, and substance use supports.

In addition to my work as a psychotherapist, program administrator, and LGBT cultural competency trainer and consultant, I’ve been an Adjunct Lecturer at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work, where I taught courses in generalist Social Work Practice and Clinical Practice with Groups, and a Trainer with the Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Families Project, where trainings work focused on effectively supporting trans and gender-expansive children and youth and their families in a variety of settings.

To best meet the needs of a range of clients, I have obtained advance clinical training in the use and application of:

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy – NYC Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – Soho Cognitive
  • Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) – Andrew Tatarsky, past clinical supervisor
  • Attachment-Focused Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (AF-EMDR) – Laurel Parnell, The Parnell Institute
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS), Foundations – IFS Institute