Education and Training

I earned bachelors degrees in both Spanish and biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. In 2014, I went back to school, earning a masters degree in counseling from the University of New Orleans in 2017. During graduate school, I interned four semesters at an intensive outpatient program, doing therapy with people dealing with addiction. After graduating, I provided in-home therapy for about a year, and since mid-2018, I’ve been working in a private practice setting, working with individuals and couples. I’m a member of the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center and continue my professional development through involvement with the Center.

About Me

Finding the right therapist is personal. It’s not so much about finding the best therapist but rather the best therapist for you. This section is about helping you decide if we might be a good fit.

On being a client in therapy:
I’ve been in therapy, short-term and long, at various times of my life.

On my approach to therapy:
I understand most therapeutic approaches to be helpful and work to bring an open and receptive mind into therapy. However, as a practitioner, I tilt toward person-centered and relational therapies. These evidence-based therapeutic approaches are grounded in safely processing emotionally charged experiences, relationships, and realities.

In my view, psychotherapy is helpful both long and short-term and is constructive as an intensive intervention (multiple days per week) or as a more occasional ritual (meeting biweekly or monthly). However, generally, I advocate for weekly therapy meetings and the building of a therapeutic relationship (which can take time). My work honors the diversity of potential causes of emotional distress, including traumatic loss, isolation, unhealthy or loveless relationships, addiction, shame, negative behavioral patterns, socio-economics, oppression, physical health, genetics, and neurology.