My passion is focused on helping people work to improve themselves and their relationships. 

In particular, I care greatly about trying to bring closeness back to relationships, working efficiently and pragmatically together with you. I believe in the potential for people to reduce their stress and gain more control over their lives and their feelings. I also feel like it is vitally important to create more openness about changes in our health as we age, as well as coming to terms with the health of others.

 

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How this passion came to be.

Temperamentally, I was a pretty sensitive child who preferred familiarity and was prone to worry. Having grown up experiencing divorce and upheaval as a teenager, I wanted to understand why relationships grew and then could end. I also experienced the disruptions that come from moving across the country and the lack of control that follows.

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I also saw the effects of health changes in my own family, being the youngest of my siblings, being raised by relatively older parents, and seeing first-hand the effects of many chronic diseases. 

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I knew that not all adult relationships were like my parent's one, but I didn’t know what made other relationships more successful. Having learned to become a psychologist and having my own counseling experiences helped provide me personal growth experiences that I have found so helpful in my own development.

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How I carry forward as a clinical psychologist.

Working with the people who see me is a personally fulfilling experience, as every journey that we take is unique. I'm grateful to have been trained in the PhD program at USC, which gave me the chance to learn from some of the best clinicians and researchers in the US.

 

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How I try to help you.

I believe that the work we take together is part of your own personal development and growth. Sometimes it means having to accept more realistic views of ourselves, our real-world stresses, and our adult relationships. Sometimes it means having to live with health changes that we’d much rather not have. Overall, I want to help create a pivot point that allows you to have greater potential for growth.

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I also love clinical diagnostic work.

Some of us specialize in either therapy services or assessment. I like doing both! Assessment work is about understanding your brain and trying to use that added understanding to help you further. Whether we're trying to rule out early Alzheimer's disease, the effects of long-term substance abuse, or identify ADHD, the goal is to use that new information to give you more effective tools. 

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I work with airmen and ATCs, too.

I've received specialized training to be an FAA psychologist and neuropsychologist. If your AME has asked you to get further assessments, I can help with that.

 

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I have intimate familiarity with business and corporate culture.

A large chunk of my career involved working as a scientist and executive in the biotech industry. As a result, I have extensive familiarity with the unique stresses that we experience as both individual contributors and leaders. If you're experiencing stress from matrix teams, gaslighting colleagues, team-buildings, naysaying bureaucrats, the vagueness of HR, Jamboards, or Slack channels, I know your pain.

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