“Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.”
Debbie Ford
Meet the Therapist
I am an Ivy league educated licensed social worker with over ten years of experience in mental and behavioral health. I hold an LCSW in New York, New Jersey, and Florida with expertise in strengths-based therapeutic work with children and adults. I specialize in clinical practice among diverse populations experiencing co-occurring mental disorders, PTSD, trauma and substance abuse.
I have worked in multi-cultural, gender, age and ethnically dynamic settings addressing individuals with Depression, Anxiety, PTSD/Trauma, Mood and Personality Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as those experiencing life transitions & challenges in interpersonal relationships.
A unique strength is my experience helping both men, women and children to overcome the pain of emotional and sexual abuse including the related trauma it causes. I value the importance of fostering a healthy therapeutic environment in which empathy, compassion and understanding are always present.
In light of Covid, I am currently accepting new patients virtually and have a standing waitlist for in-person sessions.
Therapeutic approach
Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Narcissism
- Relationship Issues
Treatment Concerns
- Anxiety
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men’s Issues
- OCD
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Women’s Issues
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors –
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- EMDR
- Exposure Response Prevention
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Change starts here.
Contact
In case you need a reminder…
You are brave.
You are courageous.
You are allowed to ask for help.
2188 Nesconset Hwy #276
Stony Brook, New York 11790
