I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has more than twenty years of mental health experience working with children, adolescents and adults. In addition to my work at Affiliates in Counseling, I am a staff psychologist and clinical supervisor at the La Rabida Chicago Child Trauma Center.

During my years in mental health, I have worked in a variety of clinical settings including an alternative high school, a children’s residential treatment center, inpatient psychiatric units for adults and adolescents, a university health clinic, and outpatient mental health facilities.

I utilize an eclectic approach grounded in relational theory that emphasizes the importance of relationships and their influence on an individual’s well-being. While I work with a variety of presenting issues, the ways these impact and influence interpersonal relationships is generally a central part of the healing.

It has been my pleasure to serve children, adolescents and adults during my years in mental health. While these varied individuals present with different issues and concerns, one universal theme  that I have often been struck with is the client’s struggle to be real and accepted in full. Barriers to being real contribute to life problems and stem from a multitude of areas including early learning, families of origin, low self-esteem, traumatic experiences, and personal beliefs about oneself, others and the world.

In therapy, I believe that it is my job to illuminate and explore the barriers that prevent people from being fully themselves. For the client to be fully real, I,  as a therapist strive to be as real, honest, direct and non-judgmental as I can. In therapy, I hope to cultivate a real relationship with each client. Real relationships are intense, joyful, frustrating, enriching, and rewarding. Real relationships offer constant opportunities to learn about ourselves and grow. I believe that good therapy presents these same challenges and opportunities. 

• Insurance : I am an in-network provider with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois PPO and Medicare.
• Education : I earned my Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Human Development from the University of Illinois. I earned my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Family Practice and Community Health at the Program in Human Sexuality.