About ME

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with a deep commitment to providing affirming, culturally sensitive, and evidence-based care—particularly to individuals from historically marginalized communities. My approach is grounded in psychodynamic, relational, and compassion-focused frameworks, and informed by years of experience working with diverse populations across clinical, academic, and community settings.

I earned my bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, where I studied Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies. I went on to complete my master’s and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University, with a clinical emphasis in LGBTQ+ psychology.

Throughout my training and career, I’ve had the privilege of working with individuals across a broad spectrum of identities, particularly those within LGBTQ+ communities. I’ve co-facilitated transgender support groups at UCSF and MIT, and provided in-depth clinical care through Palo Alto University’s Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic. At UCSF Health Alliance, I worked with HIV-affected LGBTQ+ populations, and at the Women’s Counseling Center at the Palo Alto VA, I offered gender-sensitive, trauma-informed therapy for women veterans.

During my clinical rotation at Stanford University, I conducted assessments for youth with neurodevelopmental and gender-related conditions, including Gender Dysphoria and Turner Syndrome—further deepening my expertise at the intersection of identity and development.

I completed my predoctoral internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, where I trained in the Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic, the psychiatric emergency department, and a psychodynamic therapy clinic. I later completed my postdoctoral fellowship at Boston College, working with students at the university counseling center, and went on to serve as a staff psychologist at Tufts University before returning to MIT’s Student Mental Health & Counseling Services—where I had also trained as a predoctoral intern in 2017. I’ve been part of the MIT team since 2021.

Alongside my university-based work, I now offer psychotherapy through my private practice, where I continue to center inclusive, identity-affirming, and depth-oriented care. I have also been accepted into a competitive postgraduate fellowship in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (BPSI), which further supports and deepens my commitment to thoughtful, long-term therapeutic work.