I truly enjoy my work and find the challenges of it rich and rewarding.   I come to know and care about the people I work with.  Standing alongside my clients as they face themselves and grow enriches my life every day.


My Training

I earned my doctorate in psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in 2001.  My graduate training included working with children and adolescents, family and couples and working with people who have been traumatized.  I have worked in community mental health, hospitals and schools.  I have an interest in working with women who are pregnant and postpartum.  I completed my residency at Wildwood Psychiatric Resource Center after relocating to Portland, Oregon.  I continue to pursue training because I believe that I can always improve my work.  I have completed advanced training in Gestalt therapy and I have been certified as a practitioner of Emotionally Focussed Therapy for Couples