After serving in the United States Navy for four years, I earned a B.S. in Psychology from Kennesaw State University and a M.A. and Psy.D. from Georgia School of Professional Psychology, graduating with my doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2004.

While earning my postgraduate degrees, I completed internships and training programs at Coosa Valley Community Mental Health Center, Henry County Counseling Center, Cole Kelley and Associates, and Clayton County Community Mental Health Center — all of them located in the Greater Atlanta Metro Area — where I gained experience in individual, group, couples, and family therapy and conducting forensic and psychological assessments with children, adolescents, and adults. These experiences allowed me to work with diverse populations and a wide range of problems.

Upon graduation, I worked at Stonewall Psychological Associates in Marietta, Georgia, conducting psychological assessments with adults, adolescents, and children and further honing my skills in psychotherapy. I completed my postdoctoral training at University of California San Francisco in the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, conducting initial assessments to refer patients to appropriate mental health services and short-term individual therapy.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist, having received my professional psychology license from California's Board of Psychology in 2010, and am currently a member of the American Psychological Association and the California Psychological Association. I have had my private practice in Alameda since 2010.

Though I have experience treating a wide variety of mental health issues, I have extensive experience treating combat veterans, victims of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect, adult victims of sexual assault, and people coping with a single traumatic event recent or long past.

Mine is an eclectic approach to therapy, applying tools and theories from different areas of psychology as each client’s unique personality, circumstances, and problems demand. Each theory has its characteristic strengths, and together they form a strong basis from which to identify and help resolve psychological problems.