About Me

I specialize in working with adolescents and individuals into adulthood for concerns related to anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral difficulties, emotional regulation, relationship difficulties, school concerns, and life transitions. I am a licensed clinical social worker and certified school social worker in Connecticut.  I earned my master's degree in social work from Southern Connecticut State University in 2006 and completed the requirements for licensure in 2012.   My 15+ years of experience guiding children and young adults , in various settings including therapeutic day schools as well as typical public schools gives me a unique perspective and skill set allowing me to reach many individuals.   

I am also passionate about trauma and how trauma impacts children's brain development.  I am well versed in many trauma-focused techniques including EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and believe that doing the hard work to address trauma can change the course of an individual's life.  I have experience assessing and treating both children and young adults within a wide range of areas including emotional symptoms and significant psychiatric concerns, attention and executive functioning difficulties, autism spectrum disorders, and learning challenges.  My clinical training  has afforded me the opportunity to develop a specialization in consultation for both educational services and social and emotional needs.

EMDR is a therapy technique with 25 + years of quality research proving its efficacy in the treatment of many trauma related conditions with greater results and lasting impacts to clear trauma networks.  It has been proven to decrease stress related to trauma and PTSD,  addictions, anxiety and depression.  It has the ability to shorten treatment time and increase positive outcomes over traditional talk therapies