My highest values as a practitioner include: care, humor, humility, and curiosity.
Care is what allows us the safety to heal and grow.
Humor provides the playfulness necessary for that healing and growth.
Humility prevents me from forgetting my limitations and blindspots, and it helps you remain aware of yours.
Curiosity is the tool of exploration, and it is the necessary ingredient for building the awareness we need before we can make meaningful change in our lives.
My clients come from many different walks of life, ranging in age from their 70s to their 20s. Many are monogamous. Many are polyamorous or in open relationships. Some identify as kinky and some have not heard of this term. Many of my clients want to improve their relationships or their sex lives. I also work with a wide range of "more conventional issues," such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and existential concerns. About half of my clients are LGBTQQIA.
I take my work very seriously, which means that I strive to take myself very much not-seriously. Some sessions, you may need to cry. Some sessions you may need to laugh. This is a space for healing and growth. The most necessary ingredients for both of these things are warmth and play. My sessions can best be described as an abundance of warmth and play.
I hold a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from University of Pennsylvania, which I obtained with a focus on positive sexuality and living your best sexual self. I hold a Master of Arts (MA) in Psychological Counseling and a Master of Education (EdM) in Mental Health Counseling from Columbia University, which I earned with a heavy emphasis on applying a social justice and multicultural lens to therapy. While at Columbia, I also received an Advanced Certificate in Sexuality, Women, and Gender with my focus on LGBTQQIA and open/polyamorous clients in therapy.
I am informed by my privileges as a White person and a person who generally receives all the privileges of a cisgender, straight individual, although I do not believe in gender or sexual binaries. I am also informed by my experiences of anti-Semitism as someone who grew up Orthodox Jewish and of ableism as someone with ADHD.