POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW

“Resilient.” This is a word I often use to describe clients I have the pleasure of working with in therapy, as I am struck by the human ability to cope with suffering. Yet, sometimes the ways we have learned to cope with such struggles end up taking us further away from the person we most want to be.

As a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Slate, I believe therapy is fundamentally a safe, genuine, and trusting relationship which serves as the primary vehicle for change. In that secure and nonjudgmental relationship, we can evaluate together how past painful experiences might shape the way you respond to your current concerns, to other people, and to your thoughts/emotions. When we have insight into where our patterns come from, we can then decide whether they are still serving us in the here and now; if they are not, we can try something new together.

I specialize in working with adults and couples. Some of my areas of expertise include working with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, family of origin concerns, and struggles in their relationships. My theoretical orientation is an intentional integration of psychodynamic principles coupled with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy perspectives and skills. I also have training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Exposure and Response Prevention, and Emotion-Focused Therapy. The breadth of these perspectives allows me to individually tailor my work with clients to be most effective for their unique concerns.

I received my Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Iowa State University and did my pre-doctoral internship at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.