Eating disorders and OCD are my primary areas of specialization. My treatment is grounded in evidence-based approaches including Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Enhanced CBT, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for eating disorders.

I also specialize in the assessment and treatment of OCD using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Many people with OCD spend years believing they are simply anxious, overthinking, or unable to turn off their worries, without recognizing the underlying patterns of OCD. I particularly enjoy helping clients make sense of intrusive thoughts and behaviors that may have been misunderstood, and providing treatment that finally feels like it clicks.

I believe strongly in my clients’ ability to make meaningful changes themselves. At the same time, my behavioral background has taught me how much our environments can influence what we do, how we respond, and what patterns are maintained over time. Because of this, I’m very open to thoughtfully involving family members in treatment when it can support the client’s goals.

I have extensive experience providing parent coaching and family-based support, particularly with adolescents, and I also work with adults whose families are eager to help but aren’t sure how to be supportive. My goal is not to make family members responsible for the client’s recovery or put them in the role of enforcing treatment. Instead, I help families understand how they can shape the environment around their loved one in ways that support autonomy, reinforce healthy changes, and make it easier for the client to do the work themselves.

I believe family involvement should ultimately strengthen a client’s independence, not take it away.

I also have extensive experience treating emotional dysregulation, including Borderline Personality Disorder, self-injury, suicidality, and intense interpersonal difficulties. I have completed both Foundational and Advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through Behavioral Tech, as well as intensive training in DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), an evidence-based treatment for PTSD, with Dr. Melanie Harned.

My DBT training and experience have also included the opportunity to learn directly from Dr. Lucene Wisniewski, a nationally recognized expert in eating disorders and DBT, and Dr. Milton Brown, a leading clinician and trainer in DBT. Working closely with both has deepened my understanding of how DBT can be applied thoughtfully across different populations and settings, including the importance of adapting treatment to the individual rather than simply teaching a set of skills.

After nearly a decade of working with individuals with complex clinical presentations and multiple diagnoses, I’m comfortable holding a lot of complexity while helping clients feel that they are not the complexity. My goal is to understand the whole person, their history, relationships, environment, emotions, behaviors, and strengths and help make sense of how all of those pieces fit together.

I’ve also worked with many clients who have already spent years in therapy or tried multiple approaches without getting the change they were hoping for. I think it’s important to understand what they’ve already tried, what helped, what didn’t, and why and then be willing to do something different. Therapy should not feel like repeating the same thing and hoping for a different result.

Over the course of my career, I have worked in psychiatric hospitals, specialized eating disorder programs, and outpatient settings, working with adolescents and adults across a wide range of clinical presentations. I spent several years at Columbus Park Center for Eating Disorders, where I served as a Primary Therapist and later as Associate Clinical Director. In that leadership role, I provided clinical supervision, supported clinician training and program development, and continued to work directly with clients. I also led the parent coaching practice and trained colleagues in DBT and Parent Management Training.

I also worked at the DBT Center of San Diego, where I gained additional experience in DBT and working with families. Across these settings, I have been fortunate to learn from experienced clinicians in the fields of eating disorders, DBT, and family therapy, and I continue to value ongoing training and consultation.

My clinical training includes: Family-Based Treatment, Attachment-Based Family Therapy, Enhanced CBT, ERP for OCD, CBT for anxiety, DBT, DBT for eating disorders, DBT Prolonged Exposure, CBT-AR for ARFID, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Specialist Supportive Clinical Management, and Parent Management Training.

At the heart of my work, though, is the therapeutic relationship. I want my clients to feel known, not just treated. I want you to feel understood and to know that you are in the hands of a seasoned clinician who can hold the complexity of what you are experiencing without losing sight of who you are. My hope is that, over time, you can trust in our work together, even when therapy asks you to do something difficult, and feel confident that we are moving toward meaningful change.