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About Me
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker located in Wayne, PA. I specialize in helping people heal from trauma, and I also work with clients to address other issues, including anxiety, complicated or traumatic grief, relationship issues, stress management and personal growth. I use experiential, brain-based therapies, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Flash Technique (FT), parts work and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and I incorporate ideas and techniques from other types of therapy when appropriate. I work with adult clients, primarily professional women ages 25 to 65. Please use these links to learn more about my areas of focus, my approach to therapy and the therapies I use.
I offer three options for therapy ongoing therapy, therapy intensives and adjunctive DBR. If needed, I can help you decide which style of therapy is the best fit for you. Whichever one you choose, my practice is 100% virtual therapy. If you have questions or concerns about doing therapy virtually, I would be happy to discuss it with you.
I am also an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and I provide consultation to other therapists who are learning how to do EMDR. I work with an EMDR basic training company called EMDR Consulting, and I provide EMDR consultation privately to clinicians who are pursuing EMDR certification, who are Consultants-In-Training or who want general EMDR consultation. In addition, I offer clinical consultation for therapists looking for general support in their practice.
My Background
Before starting my private practice, I provided individual outpatient therapy to adult clients in two community mental health programs, one in Chester, PA, and one in Phoenixville, PA. I worked with people with a wide range of symptoms and diagnoses, and over time I realized they all had significant trauma histories. Their trauma seemed to obviously contribute to their challenges but had not been well addressed during their time in therapy, which led me to pursue specialized training in trauma therapy.
Prior to becoming a therapist, I was an educator. I have experience teaching a variety of subjects and skills to students of all ages, from pre-K through adult, in both formal and informal settings. My education background gives me an understanding of human and cognitive development throughout the lifespan and theories of teaching and learning, all of which enhances my work as a therapist in many ways.
I am also a certified yoga teacher. I have taught yoga, meditation and mindfulness to both children and adults in many different types of settings. While I no longer teach yoga classes specifically, I incorporate practices and philosophy from these traditions in my work as a therapist when clients are interested and if it seems appropriate.
My License, Education & Training
I regularly pursue ongoing training to stay current with new research and best practices. My work is grounded in research about how trauma affects the brain and nervous system and neurobiology of both mental health symptoms and therapy techniques, and our understanding of this is changing all the time as new research gets done. I always enjoy learning more about this fascinating topic and feel grateful to be able to apply it in my work, especially when I see the changes it helps my clients achieve. Please see below for additional information about my license, education and training, as well as my professional memberships.
License
Pennsylvania Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
License #CW020641
Contact my licensing board:
State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649
Phone: (717) 783-1389
Fax: (717) 787-7769
Email: st-socialwork@pa.gov
Professional Memberships
Deep Brain Reorienting Practitioners Community
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
National Association of Social Workers
Education
• Master of Social Service (MSS) in Clinical Social Work, Bryn Mawr College, 2015
• Master of Education (MEd) in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Antioch University New England, 2006
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English, minor in Psychology, Goucher College, 2002
Certificates & Certifications
• IFS-Informed EMDR Certified Therapist (IIE-CT), Syzygy Institute, 2025
• Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies, Trauma Research Foundation, 2023
• EMDR Approved Consultant, EMDR International Association, 2022
• Grief Support Specialist Certificate, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2021
• Telemental Health Certification, Person Centered Tech, 2020
• EMDR Certified Therapist, EMDR International Association, 2020
• Certificate of Advanced Studies in Trauma Counseling (including Foundations of Trauma Counseling, Advanced Interventions in Trauma Counseling and Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment), Thomas Jefferson University, 2020
• Yoga Instructor Certification (500-hour level), YogaLife Institute, 2012
• Yoga Instructor Certification (200-hour level), YogaLife Institute, 2011
Select Additional Training
• Where-Self Location: An In-Depth Training, DBR Trainings, 2026
• In-depth individual consultation about how to provide EMDR therapy intensives, Future Template Parent, 2026
• Advanced Flash Technique, Flash Technique, 2026
• Advanced EMDR: Navigating the Spectrum of Dissociative Responses (integrating Structural Dissociation Therapy and EMDR), The EMDR Learning Community, 2026
• Designing Your Own IFS-EMDR Intensive, IFSEMDR, 2025
• Integrated Treatment of Chronic Pain and Chronic Health Conditions: Utilizing Advanced EMDR Approaches and Nervous System-Driven Skills, Gary Brothers, 2025
• Clinical Applications of DBR for Clients with Dissociative Disorders, Centre for Trauma and Stress, 2024
• Deep Brain Reorienting (levels 1, 2 & 3), EEG Education & Research, 2024
• IFS-Informed EMDR (levels 1, 2 & 3), Syzygy Institute, 2023-2024
• Complexities of Complex Trauma (a year-long course), International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, 2023
• EMDR with Complex PTSD Clients, EMDR International Association, 2023
• Dealing with Avoidance in EMDR Therapy: Blocking Beliefs, Defenses, and Getting Unstuck, EMDR Consulting, 2023
• Advancing Your Clinical Supervision Practice, The Center for Clinical Growth, 2021
• EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol, Connect EMDR, 2021
• Easy Ego State Interventions, Robin Shapiro, 2021
• The Utilization of EMDR with Grief and Mourning, EMDR Institute, 2020
• Ego State/Parts Work in EMDR Therapy, EMDR International Association, 2020
• Flash Technique Basic Training, Flash Technique, 2019
• The Transmission of Trauma from One Generation to the Other, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, 2019
• Integrating EMDR into Your Clinical Practice (EMDR basic training), EMDR Consulting, 2018-2019
• Creative Strategies for Trauma Treatment, Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Worker, 2018
• Clinical Applications of Neuroscience, Bryn Mawr College, 2017
