CREDENTIALS & TRAINING

LICENSURE & JURISDICTION

  • Licensed Psychologist-Master’s Level in Vermont (#047.0133707)

  • My Vermont license is regulated by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation (OPR).

  • I am also licensed as a Mental Health Counselor in the state of Hawaii.

  • At this time, all psychotherapy services are provided exclusively to clients who are physically located in Vermont at the time of each session, and are governed by the laws and regulations of the State of Vermont.

EDUCATION

  • Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology - Saint Michael’s College (degree awarded August 2018)

  • Completed graduate internship at Middlebury College

  • Completed graduate practicum at NFI VT - Hospital Diversion Program

  • Bachelor of Arts in English & Political Science, Syracuse University

COMPLETED TRAININGS (SELECTED)

  • The Embodied & Relational Edge of Focusing-Oriented Therapy, Serge Prengel, LMHC, FOT

  • Embodied Experiential Dreamwork, Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC

  • Core Skills in Existential-Humanistic Therapy, Existential-Humanistic Institute

  • Positive Psychology and Advanced ADHD Coaching – Adults, Mentor Coach

  • Certificate in Positive Psychology, Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD

  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), workshop in suicide first aid

  • Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery, Yoga Teacher Training Level 1, Veterans Yoga Project

ADVANCED TRAINING (IN PROGRESS)

  • ACT In Practice - Apply ACT as a process-based therapy, Stephen Hayes, PhD

  • Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT) Certification Program, Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC — in progress

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Trainee Member, The International Focusing Institute (TIFI); pursuing certification in Focusing-Oriented Therapy

  • Professional Member, Association of Contextual Behavioral Science

  • Associate Member, American Psychological Association, Division 32 - Society For Humanistic Psychology

INFLUENCES

My work is shaped by the person-centered tradition and the writing of Carl Rogers, particularly his trust in each person’s capacity for self-direction and growth. I am also influenced by Eugene Gendlin’s development of Focusing, which extends this tradition into a more explicitly experiential way of working, and by the clinical dreamwork of Leslie Ellis.