maybe it looks like everyone else has the answers. maybe they do. however, most if not all of the world's great spiritual teachers would probably agree that any real strength or forward movement begins with not knowing. together we can navigate the not knowing . . . the doubt, vagueness, that in-between, not-yet-formed place. we can adopt an attitude of “lets see what's possible.” we'll work towards finding a way to make it safe enough to explore this territory. i offer you my strength and resiliency. i offer you a safe space, an environment in which your confusion and chaos can rest. i am present. i am listening. your difficulties do not scare me. my life experience and training allow me to actively and sensitively offer other perspectives. i am here to listen to the dark, terrible things you've pushed aside. i'm also here to celebrate your magnificence. i will hold a space for it until you can step into it and run. |
my qualifications
i am a new york ytate licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. my practice is guided by a passion for creatively integrating psychodynamic and somatic ways of working that are present oriented, experiential and client centered. insight, while sexy and satisfying, only goes so far. i hold a masters of social work from hunter college school of social work (now the silberman school of social work). i am fully trained in EMDR THERAPY. i'm a certified FOCUSING-ORIENTED THERAPIST (FOT). i use INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS), COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT), BRAINSPOTTING and whatever else works. if spiritualty and/or religion resonate, i bring that into our work. i'm an ordained interfaith minister (one spirit learning alliance) and wedding officiant. if woo isn't your jam, we won't go there. my philosophy is: let's throw everything we have at it. my time as a clinical affiliate at NIP (National Institute for the Psychotherapies)'s Integrative Trauma Program made me an EMDR ninja. i'm a member of EMDRIA, the international association for practitioners of EMDR therapy. other affiliations include the the focusing institute, the clinicians' collective, and the national association of social workers. i started out as an intern in one of iconic bellevue hospital center's adult inpatient psychiatry units, and for a community-based program within the charles a. dorsey school (P.S. 67), the first independently-led school for black brooklynites. during my time with the jewish board of family and children's services in southern brooklyn, i helped a wide range of people wrestle with a wide range of problems. though my practice focuses exclusively on adults, i have worked with children, adolescents, couples and families who struggled with psychiatric, medical, environmental, emotional and spiritual problems. my culturally competent lens brings clarity and power to my work and my life. i draw inspiration and grounding from the world around me. i use everything i learn and experience -- TV, movies, music, art, dance, food, friendship, nature, books, good times, bad times, confusion, coffee -- to understand you. i write and make space music. as an undergrad i studied philosophy and played jazz on my college's fabulous free-form FM radio station, WHRW Binghamton. i am an out married dyke. i have 2 cats and a dog, all rescues. |
