I’m a psychotherapist who is passionate about helping people with healing, growth and healthy change.

I received my formal psychology training at Marymount University, where I earned the Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology.

My training and work history includes mental health counseling with HIV/AIDS clients, grief counseling with clients experiencing depression and anxiety, and addictions counseling with clients experiencing mental disorders. I have additional training and experience in crisis and suicide intervention, meditation therapies and expressive arts techniques.

My post-graduate study includes  teacher training certification in Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program based at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Body-Mind Psychotherapy training with Susan Aposhyan, the former director of Naropa University’s Somatic Psychology program.

Personally, I'm familiar with life path changes, as I worked in several

fields before a midlife shift to psychology. My experiences as a public radio news reporter, voice talent, literacy advocate, poet, writer and editor have informed my life path. I bring the creativity and wisdom I've gained from family, friends, colleagues, mentors and teachers to my work. 

As the daughter of immigrants, I have an innate cultural sensitivity and a deep respect for all world and spiritual views.

~Licensure: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland

~Board Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors

 

~Master of Arts Degree, Counseling Psychology, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia

~Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher training certification (developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.), Mike Healy, Ed.D.

~Body Mind Psychotherapy, Susan Aposhyan, LPC

~Advanced Asian Meditation Therapies, Jack Mangold, LCSW, Johns Hopkins University

~Expressive Arts Techniques to Resolve Grief and Pain, Tana Slay, Ph.D.

~CrisisLink Crisis/Suicide Hotline Training, American Association of Suicidology

 

~Kolmac Clinic, Washington, DC

~Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Tranquil Space, Washington, DC

~Capital Hospice, Manassas & Falls Church, Virginia

~Carl Vogel Center, Washington, DC

~Demeter House, Vanguard Services, Arlington, Virginia

~CrisisLink Crisis/Suicide Hotline Listener, Arlington, Virginia

~Northern Virginia Licensed Professional Counselors

~United States Association for Body Psychotherapists

~DC Area Guild of Body Psychotherapists