I work with individuals and couples interested in exploring altered states of consciousness to facilitate healing.
What I can help you with:
With individuals, I work with a broad array of challenges, including anxiety, depression, addiction and trauma. For couples, we work to identify triggers and challenging communication patterns rooted in early experiences. We then develop a robust toolkit of techniques to disrupt these patterns. Many of my clients are interested in alternative treatment modalities including psychedelics. I help people prepare for and integrate after psychedelic use; I also offer ketamine assisted psychotherapy to individuals and couples.
How I work:
I like to work with clients to help them identify early childhood experiences that shape their world. This work is deep and relational, and requires a strong level of trust. In order to facilitate that, I meet with clients weekly. If you would like to speak about working together, please contact me.
What you'll likely experience working with me:
Adeptness at creating a safe environment and building trust with people who are apprehensive about the therapeutic process. Patience and empathy. I don’t shy away from offering feedback and respectful challenges. I work experientially, so I'm often asking about your experience in the present moment. Respect for your autonomy, a careful navigation of boundaries and an active, ongoing process of consent.
My training background:
I am fortunate to have trained with some of the most esteemed and experienced clinicians in the psychedelic field. Postgraduate trainings include Emotion Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Level 1 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Relational Psychotherapy, Mindfulness for Clinicians, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Somatic Intervention, Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. I hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Hunter College.
My experience:
I have worked in the psychedelic space since 2019, first as a psychedelic harm reduction and integration clinician, then incorporating ketamine starting in 2021. I am a trainer with Fluence and Journey Clinical, companies that provide psychedelic training to licensed clinicians. In addition, I serve on the Journey council of clinicians.
In my early career I worked with unemployed adults, as well as adolescents and adults involved in the criminal justice system. As a side project, I taught yoga and meditation at Riker’s Island to sentenced inmates.
In 2020 I founded a community of parents who use psychedelics called Plant Parenthood.
I opened my private practice in 2015.
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