About.

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice in Washington, DC. My areas of expertise include self-care, stress management, depression, anxiety, life transitions, eating issues, managing cancer, racial identity and trauma, and working with people who identify as people of color, LGBQ+, Transgender and/or Nonbinary. I frequently work with academics, students, busy professionals, parents and people experiencing infertility and/or using assisted reproductive technology to become pregnant.

Before opening my private practice I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University. As faculty in the Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice Education M.S. program I supervised and trained Master’s level therapists-in-training to become Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCCs). Prior to this I was an an adjunct professor at Harvard Medical School, the University of California at San Diego and Bastyr University, a Natropathic Medical College. I have also worked as a staff psychologist at Fenway Health, a multidisciplinary community health and research center devoted to serving LGBTQ+ communities in the greater New England area. I am currently licensed to practice in Washington, D.C. (DMV area), California and 42 participating PSYPACT States.

My published scholarship focuses on understanding and clarifying the process of self-care for students, clinicians, and the general public. My current projects are focused on developing conceptual and culturally inclusive models of self-care, examining student and faculty perspectives on practicing self-care; and investigating trans-disciplinary approaches to improving self-care among patients and the public.