I am an LCSW and Certified Psychoanalyst in private practice in Austin, 

TX & NYC. I am an experienced clinician with many years of working in community mental health prior to entering psychoanalytic training. 

 

 

• Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, NY (1999) 

• Master of Science in Social Work, Columbia University School of Social Work, NYC (2003)  

• Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, Inc. NYC (2009) 

• Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, Inc. NYC (2014)

• Part I Trauma Treatment Training, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, Inc. NYC

• Certified Imago Couples Therapist 

• EMDR therapist

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York & Texas

 

 

I am a previous board member of Austin Psychoanalytic, a local Division 39 chapter of the APA. As a board member, I worked on the Education Committee and helped orchestrate programming and curriculum for the calendar year. I led Dreams workshops for clinicians at Austin Psychoanalytic. I am a mentor to early career professionals through the Austin Psychoanalytic Mentoring Program. 

 

I am faculty & clinical consultant in the One-Year Certificate Program in Psychoanalysis & the Sociopolitical World at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis (NY) and faculty at The Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis Fellowship Program (D.C.).  My writing and clinical specialization focus on bi-cultural individuals and their experience of identity, transition, belonging and cultural dislocation.  

 

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I am a member of various professional organizations including:

• Austin Psychoanalytic

• Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, Inc.

• Division 39

• IARPP (International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy).