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I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 10 years of mental health care experience. I received my master’s degree from the City College of New York, CUNY and began my career and training in evidence-based practices, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness.

Using my extensive training in these practices, I work with individuals, couples, and families to help them connect how their past experiences play a role in their current feelings, behaviors, interactions, and relationships.

I have expertise in treating depression, anxiety, attention disorders, panic disorder, and other conditions such as insomnia. I am vested in building stronger coping skills and working alongside clients to help achieve their goals.

As a devoted therapist, I believe that we all have the inner strength to overcome our obstacles, sometimes we just need the education, support, and empowerment to help us along. It takes strength to even acknowledge that we need that help, so you are already doing awesome taking this first step! I have experience working with individuals struggling with a wide range of challenges and backgrounds. I currently specialize in working with young adults and adolescents facing difficulties with ADHD and anxiety.

Our life experiences affect all of us in unique ways. Many people struggle to integrate what has happened to them in a way that allows them to feel comfortable in their own bodies and have meaningful relationships with others. If you feel stuck with overwhelming emotions or unhelpful patterns, we can work together to get you unstuck.

Whether you are dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, couples issues, or addiction; I can help. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people. I have worked professionally in outpatient behavioral health settings, residential treatment centers, and Hospice. Additionally, I have trained hundreds of other professionals to assist people with their mental health needs.

I have a great deal of experience in trauma informed approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and other modalities. I am trained in EMDR; and my recent professional interests include Internal Family Systems and Somatic Experiencing. Life is not one size fits all and neither is effective treatment. Together we will find the right approach for you. I am looking forward to working with you to help you achieve your goals and become a happier, more fulfilled person!

Hi there, I am a Mom of an 8 year old who received my Masters in Social Work in 1999 and became certified in Health & Life Coaching. I have worked in hospitals for 20+ yrs as well as working privately.

I'm easy to talk to and like to kindly challenge my clients to step out of their comfort zone.

I enjoy working with all kinds of people so if you are able- bodied, disabled, dealing with loss, struggling with a chronic condition, new to therapy or comfortable with therapy - I believe in my clients!

I work with young adult and adult clients who have concerns related to anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, ADHD, or life transitions that are impacting daily functioning.

Growing up, I was the youngest child to two married migrants from the little island of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea. My happy story quickly changed to being the last daughter to a divorced, single mom, raising three children on her own in Brooklyn, NY.

We bounced around a lot. Our home was an open door. Our family was tight. But this also meant I had tons of extended family. The love was real but so were the emotions.

My identity was ever-changing. I was often interested in a bunch of things. It was so hard to figure out what I wanted to be in life. I struggled in college. It took me longer than my friends to graduate. But I found my purpose.

The issues plaguing the Black community today were essentially the reason why I became a Social Worker. What led me to my career as a therapist was the consistent wall I couldn’t get past when looking for a therapist of my own.

My criteria:

Black.

Young.

Female.

Authentic.

Down to Earth.

Tell it like it is attitude.

Basically, I was looking for myself! I never found her until way after I was already deep into my career as a psychotherapist. I often think back to those days where I felt stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, and confused about my next steps in life.

This is why being a therapist is so important to me. More importantly, being a Black therapist. I want to be that person someone is looking for and I pray our spirits connect in a way that we can get down to business and work together to evoke change.

I’m the therapist that moves at your pace. I listen. I ask a whole lot of questions. I push you to seek clarity and to also acknowledge your limitations, behaviors, and thoughts that may not be working for you. We talk about growth. We take things one step at a time. We explore future goals and plans to get there. We work ish out!

And in all that we acknowledge trauma. We overcome anxiety. We rise above depression. We figure out career and life paths. We sleep better. We communicate better. We ultimately feel better and most importantly treat ourselves better.

This is therapy. In a nutshell. Sounds super easy but this ish is hard work.