I am a Brooklyn-based, bilingual (Spanish–English) psychotherapist specializing in play therapy, adolescent therapy, parent guidance, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adults. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York State (LCSW 082372), I bring extensive experience from a range of mental health settings, including major NYC hospitals and outpatient clinics.

I am trained in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) as well as psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches. I hold an MSW from NYU’s Silver School of Social Work and a BA in Human Development from Cornell University, and I am currently pursuing a PhD at the Smith College School for Social Work.

My clinical work has included serving as a child therapist at Mount Sinai Hospital’s child and adolescent outpatient psychiatry clinic, where I helped establish the adolescent DBT treatment team for high-risk youth. I have also integrated mental health services into settings ranging from elementary and middle schools to pediatric clinics and GED programs. Beyond direct practice, I supervise graduate social workers and have served as an adjunct lecturer at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. I currently maintain a private practice alongside a role as staff clinician at an outpatient clinic in a teaching hospital.

I participate in hospital-based research on innovative child therapy techniques and in empirical research on attachment theory and its applications to development and psychopathology across the lifespan. I have completed a three-year certificate program in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute, and I am an advanced candidate at both the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Contemporary Freudian Society and the Anni Bergman Parent-Infant Program.

My extensive work with children profoundly shapes my practice with adults. I specialize in supporting adults navigating childhood trauma, life transitions, anxiety, and relationship challenges. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming.