I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, serving children and families across the state of Michigan. I specialize in therapy for children, teenagers, and young adults with anxiety and OCD, therapy and evaluation for young children, and parenting support. I am passionate about providing evidence-based mental health care to children and families. For young children, I offer diagnostic assessments to gain a deeper understanding of their symptoms, development, and relationships, and to guide treatment recommendations. Therapy for young children can help them and their caregivers to improve their relationship, improve coping skills, reduce emotional outbursts or other mental health symptoms, and reduce parenting stress. I use strategies from evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Parent Management Training (PMT), and Infant Mental Health (IMH). Another of my clinical passions is therapy for children, teens, and young adults with anxiety and OCD. I utilize evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). These therapies help individuals with anxiety to develop coping skills, face their fears, and challenge their anxious thoughts. I also offer parent support therapy. For many challenges that parents and children face, parenting support can be just as effective as therapy with the child (and often with quicker results!) Parent support can help when your child is having frequent or intense tantrums, having trouble with separation, if your family is going through a stressful time, or many other childhood prob
Degree | Major | School | Year |
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Ph.D. | Clinical & Developmental Psychology | University of Pittsburgh | 2015 |
Postdoc | Clinical Internship & Postdoctoral Fellowship - Early Childhood Specialization | Yale Child Study Center | 2017 |
Postdoc | Developmental Science - Research Fellowship | University of Michigan - Center for Human Growth & Development | 2019 |