I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Political Science and my Masters in Arts: Social Work from the University of Chicago. I received my doctorate in clinical psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. I am a licensed clinical social worker and have worked in many settings from community mental health and crisis intervention to victim advocacy. I am a trained medical/legal sexual assault advocate and a trained domestic violence counselor. I completed my psychology internship at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School in a program in Asian Mental Health and Child Psychotherapy.
My clinical specialties include: depression, anxiety, life transitions, women's issues, grief/loss issues, trauma and bi-cultural identity. I hold a psychodynamic orientation which is based on an interactive learning and relational model that nurtures self-reflection in clients.
I believe that contextual issues are foundational to the way in which psychological distress is experienced. In my work, I strive to build trust and safety. This is critical so that the work can be accepted and integrated into a person's every day life. Safety can mean different things to different people.