Who I Work With

Complex Trauma

Trauma is sometimes acute — experiencing a frightening accident, for example — and other times can be chronic and corrosive, such as experiencing ongoing critical or abusive treatment from a parent. Acute trauma can shatter one’s view of the world, generating fear, anger, and hopelessness. Chronic trauma can make it difficult to feel safe anywhere. Individuals often report sensing the impacts of trauma in their bodies, relationships, and memories years after the trauma occurred. Some people feel numb, others are hyperaware of any possible danger, and some may feel both at once. Trauma can also quietly shape how worthy a person feels of love, happiness, and success. I help clients manage PTSD symptoms and other effects of traumatic experiences and work with them on taking steps to regain a sense of safety and joy.

Anxiety and OCD

Struggling with anxiety or OCD can feel crippling. Obsessions and compulsions take up a lot of mental space, generating distress, difficulty making decisions, and challenges moving forward. It doesn’t have to be that way. Through exposure therapy and other evidence-based approaches, I help clients learn to tolerate distress and loosen the grip that anxiety or OCD has on their daily life. Clients learn to cope with these symptoms while regaining their sense of agency — and to live the life they desire without letting anxiety or OCD take control.

Grief and Loss

Losing a loved one can be heartbreaking. It can feel like the world has stopped and life has lost its meaning. It’s hard to envision what life will look like without them. Through our work together, you can learn how to process your loss and cope with the grief and pain you feel. We will work to integrate this loss into your life and bring you a new sense of purpose.

Grief is present as a result of any kind of meaningful loss in our lives — whether it be a loved one, a job, a relationship, one’s health, an opportunity, or a future you envisioned. No matter what kind of loss you have experienced, therapy can help you make sense of it and move forward.

Ketamine/Psychedelic Contemplation & Integration

Ketamine and psychedelic experiences can be profound, and they can also be confusing or difficult to process alone. I offer sessions across the full arc of the psychedelic experience — for those in contemplation of whether this path is right for them, those preparing for an upcoming session, and those seeking to integrate and make meaning of a previous ketamine or psychedelic experience. I bring both clinical training and over a decade of experience working within psychiatric research at Yale University School of Medicine to this work, where I have served as a lead psilocybin facilitator on clinical trials.

Please note: psychedelics are classified as Schedule I substances and are not legal to consume outside of a research context in Connecticut. This practice does not administer ketamine or psychedelic substances.

My Background

I am a licensed professional counselor in Connecticut and New Jersey. Before joining GPS, I worked with Veterans at the VA’s National Center for PTSD. I have over a decade of experience working within psychiatric research at Yale University School of Medicine, where I have served as a lead psilocybin facilitator and regulatory manager on clinical trials examining psilocybin for OCD and treatment resistant depression. I also worked as a clinician rater and regulatory manager on ketamine research focused on PTSD and depression. I am trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed approaches.