I was trained as an adult psychiatrist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where I completed both medical school and residency and later worked in the University Mental Health clinic, treating students, residents, and fellows.

Since starting a private practice in 2010, I have actively sought out opportunities for training and supervision in a range of psychotherapies.  I have attended the International OCD Foundation’s Behavioral Therapy Training Institute for Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), as well as trainings in Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT), Rumination-Focused Exposure and Response Prevention (RF-ERP), Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD (WET), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).  I am Level-3 certified in TEAM-CBT, a powerful approach to structuring therapy developed by Dr. David Burns.  In addition, although my initial training in psychotherapy was focused on the cognitive-behavioral therapies, I’ve more recently received training and supervision in experiential psychotherapies including Coherence Therapy (CT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).  This has allowed me to expand my work with individuals into new dimensions.  I’m well aware that no single approach works for everybody, and I enjoy getting creative in order to meet someone’s needs.

From 2017 to 2020, I served as co-director of the Johns Hopkins Anxiety Clinic and took charge of teaching and supervising third-year psychiatry residents in the implementation of cognitive behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders.  I remain on the volunteer faculty at Johns Hopkins and continue to present a short series of lectures annually to the third-year residents on recent developments in psychotherapy.

Over my years in private practice, as I’ve observed what’s worked–and what hasn’t worked–for the many individuals who’ve come to me for help, I’ve had to set aside some of the messages that were drummed into me during my psychiatric training.

In 2020, I chose to stop prescribing medications and to focus, instead, on my true love: helping people achieve transformational change through individually tailored psychotherapy.

In addition to being a psychiatrist, I’m a mother, a spouse, a cat-lover, and a would-be writer and philosopher.  I’ve overcome my own struggles with anxiety and relationship challenges, and I’m excited to be your guide in doing the same.