About
MY QUALIFICATIONS
I’ve been a practicing psychotherapist since 2011, and I have over 25 years of business experience, so I understand the challenges of navigating organizational structures and cultures. I wore many hats in my business career from chief of staff at American Express to liaison to the board of directors at a nonprofit to general manager of a startup.
I hold the following degrees, licenses, and accreditations:
Bachelor of Science in business administration from Villanova University
Master of Social Work degree with a clinical concentration from Fordham University
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York State
Certified Professional Coach accreditation from Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accreditation from International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Learn about my leadership coaching practice.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK WITH ME
You know where I went to school. You see the letters after my name, but you still don’t know what it’s like to work with me. Since that’s probably why you’re here, I’ll tell you a story.
Girl Interrupted
A benefit of COVID was the ability to work from anywhere, so after being locked down for the spring and summer of 2020, I left New York City to spend the year-end holiday season at my parents’ home.
Because I was working during the day, my family knew the second floor was off limits. That’s why I was surprised to hear the door open behind me when I was in session one afternoon. I recognized my mother’s footsteps and assumed she’d retreat when she saw me on a video call. Instead, she continued to enter the room.
Dirty Looks and Dirty Laundry
I wanted to intercept her before she wandered into the video frame, so I turned my head and gave her the most expressive look my face could muster. It is a face she likely recognized from my adolescence, and decades later, it still proved effective because she scampered out of the room, closing the door gently behind her.
Later, I asked: “Mom, WHAT were you thinking walking into the room when I was in session?”
“I heard you laughing, so I assumed you were talking to a friend. I was going to ask if you wanted me to put any whites in the wash.”
Good Clean Fun
I’ve been told how the sound of my laughter travels–sometimes with appreciation and others with annoyance–but, in this moment, I was reminded of something else I’d heard before. In my former corporate jobs, co-workers often remarked when I was collaborating with my team, “You are having way too much fun!”
I would rebut that work and fun are not mutually exclusive. We can do both simultaneously, and the more we do, the less hard the work feels.
Kleenex and Giggles
I bring this philosophy to psychotherapy. Is it always going to be fun? Nope. If I’m doing my job right, sometimes it will be uncomfortable and maybe even painful. We’ll talk about hard things. You may even shed some tears, but we’ll also laugh together.
And all those things could happen in the very same session because that’s how feelings are–they come, and they go, and we should welcome all of them like trick or treaters ringing the doorbell on Halloween.
Let's Work Together
Currently supporting individual adults and couples.
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