I’m a social worker and psychotherapist who specializes in conducting mental health evaluations for immigration legal cases. I’m a trained trauma therapist with over ten years of experience working internationally and domestically with immigrants.
As a therapist, my style is warm and engaging, and I work through an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens. I have a unique ability to connect across cultural differences and care deeply about keeping immigrant families safe and together.
I’ve completed training in psychological immigration evaluations through the Immigration Evaluation Institute, based in Washington DC.
I’ve been working with immigrants as a social worker for more than five years. Before that, I served for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon, volunteered at the International Rescue Committee, and worked with recently-immigrated students at the International High School at Union Square. I have basic conversational skills in both Spanish and French.
My clinical work has a specific focus on sexual trauma and intimate partner violence, and I conducted research on female genital cutting with the Empower Lab at New York University and the Program for Survivors of Torture at Bellevue Hospital.
I’m a current candidate in the trauma studies center two-year trauma therapist training program at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and have more than five years’ experience working with trauma survivors, including four years in a setting working specifically with survivors of intimate partner violence. I’m also trained and certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), a trauma modality used with children who have experienced trauma, and am able to work with both children and adults.
Please reach out to me for more information, or schedule a time on my Calendly. My practice is conveniently virtual, and all sessions are offered via a secure video platform. Additionally, I can offer evening and weekend hours, by request.
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