About Me

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), family therapist, gender therapist, clinical consultant and educator licensed to practice in Massachusetts since 1995.  I received my Master of Social Work degree from Boston College and have worked in community mental health, followed by a 20+ year career as a mental health treatment specialist in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts.

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My training includes:

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• Therapy Training Boston, Intensive Certificate in Family Systems Therapy

• World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) GEI Standards of Care (SOC) 8 certification​

•  Internal Family Systems, Level 1 and 2, and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO)

• Healing in the Sand: The Intersection of IFS and Sandtray Therapy

• PDA North America, Level 1 & 2 Training

• Adult Autism and ADHD Assessment for Master's Level Therapists, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

• Neurodiversity Affirming ADHD Evaluation, Neuroabundant

• Autism Assessment, The Zur Institute

• Adult MIGDAS-2 Training & Certification, Marilyn Monteiro, Ph.D

• Neuro-affirmative Adult Autism Assessments: A Comprehensive Training, Thriving Autistic and The Adult Autism Practice

• Using Interoception Science and Lived Experience to Navigate Alexithymia, Kelly Mahler and David Gray Hammond​

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I work with individuals, and their families who struggle with a variety of issues, including gender identity, anxiety, parenting, and neurodivergence.  My goal is to help individuals, parents and families feel stronger, more confident, and competent in their daily lives.  ​

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In 2018, I established a private practice focused on the unique therapeutic needs of transgender and gender-expansive individuals, and their families, especially at the intersection of gender and neurodivergence. In addition, I have completed the requirements to be a certified gender specialist (Standards of Care 8) with the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH).

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In 2023, I began a journey to obtain additional training in assessing autism and ADHD in adults, from a neurodiversity affirming lens and began offering these services for adults, with a focus on gender minorities and women.

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Since opening my practice, I have become licensed in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut.

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I have extensive training in working with the neurodivergent community and am myself, neurodivergent.  I have a particular interest in autism and individuals with ADH (attention-deficit hyperactivity traits)--and often provide guidance to families that are navigating these identities.  I embrace the neurodiversity affirming model which recognizes and celebrates natural human biodiversity; there is not a "normal" or "right" way of thinking, feeling or behaving--differences are not deficits.​

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During the COVID pandemic, I began to offer virtual groups for transgender and neurodivergent individuals, as well as parent groups for parents navigating their children's gender journeys, and for parents supporting their neurodivergent children.

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I also provide clinical consultation and group supervision to clinicians seeking to become more skilled in working at the intersectionality of gender identity and neurodivergence.

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As a life-long learner, with a strong commitment to using the most current and non-harming practices, I continue to build on skills and will be completing Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 3 training (April 2025) and will continue to obtain training in the areas of gender identity,  and neurodivergence.