As a therapist, my goal is to create a loving and compassionate place for self exploration and connection, a place for clients to apply their own wisdom, bravery, courage, and power to look at difficult issues (loss, illness, failure, trauma, “stuckness,” end of life…), and to heal. I see myself as a respectful companion and guide. I often use a somatic-based approach to help clients access their own true self or inner healing intelligence. I believe that we all yearn for a sense of wholeness and we often suffer the most when we have inner conflict (i.e. different parts of ourselves have competing needs). Often these conflicts are below the surface of awareness in our unconscious and I use meditation and visualization techniques and medicines to explore this territory.

I meet clients where they are and suggest approaches based on where they would like to go. I believe that most people benefit from learning more coping skills to manage and regulate emotions such as fear, sadness, guilt, and anger. I also help people with communication skills. Over time, I’ve found that doing deep inner work, through Internal Family Systems (IFS) and EMDR can lead to greater harmony and peace both within ourselves and with others. I also use the IFS legacy unburdening and The Constellation Approach to help people explore inherited family trauma and root causes of suffering. I’ve done trainings in many modalities including dialectical behavioral therapy, energy psychology, IFS, somatic therapy, mindfulness based self compassion, EMDR and Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT).

I also specialize in helping people prepare and integrate psychedelic experiences and I have deep experience with transpersonal psychology. I currently provide Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) after doing trainings with Polaris, Fluence, and the Boston Psychedelic Group. I also trained with Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and I hope that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy will soon be approved by the FDA. 

Before becoming a therapist, I spent over 20 years at Harvard University where I earned a PhD in Anthropology. While at Harvard, in addition to research and teaching, I was a Resident Dean of Quincy House for 14 years and then I worked at the Bureau of Study Counsel. In these roles, I helped thousands of students navigate life, and found my passion for emotional healing work and another graduate degree in counseling psychology.