About

I work with children, adolescents, and adults presenting with a range of problems in living. I have clinical experience working with trauma, mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety, grief and loss, relational struggles, depression, religious trauma, life transitions, questions of meaning, and other difficulties.

Though my main framework is psychodynamic, I also incorporate dimensions of cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and existential therapies. In a nutshell, this means that I work with painful cognitive and emotional patterns that keep people from the growth they desire. I strive to provide a warm and empathic presence for those I work with, holding a deep respect for the intensely personal nature of the therapeutic process.

Education, Training, and Experience

I hold a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee and a masters from Vanderbilt University, with a concentration in Psychology and Culture.

I have postgraduate training from the Nashville Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (NCPPP) and the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute (STLPI). I'm currently an advanced candidate at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute (STLPI).

I teach classes in the CA/APP and Community curricula at NCPPP and STLPI on therapeutic process, trauma, models of the mind, and specific clinician/authors who interest me.

I lead a case conference for clinicians interested in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy through NCPPP. I have also provided Psychodynamic supervision for Vanderbilt Psychiatry residents in the past.