ABOUT ME

My Background

I am a Licensed Psychologist with training and experience across a wide range of clinical settings, including psychiatric hospitals, forensic environments, schools and universities, the military, community mental health, group practices, and child guidance centers. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois and earned my doctorate in clinical psychology from Adler University in Chicago.

My work has been shaped by exposure to individuals and families across the lifespan and from diverse cultural backgrounds. This breadth of experience informs a careful, grounded approach to understanding complexity and tailoring psychological services to each person’s unique context.​

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Therapeutic Approach

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My approach to clinical work is grounded in understanding how people make sense of their experiences and how those meanings shape behavior, relationships, and emotional life. Influenced by the work of Alfred Adler, I view change as emerging through increased insight, purpose, and a clearer understanding of one’s patterns over time.

Therapy is a collaborative process. My role is to meet you where you are, help clarify what has contributed to feeling stuck, and work with you to identify practical and meaningful paths forward. I draw from cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, and psychodynamic approaches, integrating these methods thoughtfully based on each individual’s needs and goals.

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While the therapeutic process is intended to feel safe and supportive, it can also be challenging. Meaningful change often requires patience, honesty, and sustained engagement. My goal is to help create a space where this work can unfold in a way that feels steady, respectful, and purposeful.​

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Working Through Difficult Moments

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Much of my work involves supporting individuals and families during periods of transition, uncertainty, or loss—times when difficult information must be understood, decisions need to be made, or conversations feel especially hard to have. I am often working with people who are trying to find the right words, the right timing, or the right way forward when circumstances have changed.

My role in these moments is not to rush clarity or force resolution, but to help create steadiness, understanding, and space for meaning to emerge. Whether through therapy or careful diagnostic evaluation, the focus is on helping people navigate change with greater confidence and intention.

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Assessment and Diagnostic Services

In addition to psychotherapy, I provide structured psychological assessment for adolescents and adults when greater diagnostic clarity is needed.

My assessment work spans focused diagnostic evaluations, psychoeducational assessments, and more comprehensive integrative evaluations when concerns are complex or overlapping. These evaluations are grounded in careful clinical interviewing, appropriate selection of standardized measures, and thoughtful integration of findings across developmental and environmental contexts.

I approach assessment the same way I approach therapy — with clinical rigor, attention to underlying patterns, and clear communication of conclusions. The goal is not simply to assign a label, but to understand what is driving the concern and provide recommendations that are practical, defensible, and meaningful in real-world settings.

When appropriate, evaluation may inform academic planning, workplace accommodations, treatment decisions, or broader personal understanding.

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Areas of Focus​

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• Psychological assessment and diagnostic clarification

• Psychoeducational and learning concerns

• Adult ADHD and executive functioning

• Depression and anxiety

• PTSD and trauma (acute and complex)

• Relationship and attachment patterns

• Emotional regulation and anger

• Parent consultation and family dynamics

• Therapy with children, adolescents, and adults

• Personal growth and self-development

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Education & Licensure

• B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (2009)

• M.A., Adler University, Chicago (2012)

• Psy.D., Adler University, Chicago (2015)

• Licensed Psychologist, Texas (#37504)

• PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT), Mobility #8541