Licensed Master Social Worker

I am a clinician at our Reston clinic who provides therapy services!

My ideal client is someone who feels overwhelmed, stuck, or out of alignment with who they truly are. They might be experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, chronic stress, or navigating life transitions like entering adulthood, relationship shifts, or career changes. Some may be neurodivergent (including those on the autism spectrum) and looking for greater self-understanding and support in managing daily life. Others are simply yearning for more peace, purpose, and emotional clarity.

Their needs often include:

– Emotional support without judgement

– Help identifying their values and goals

-Help with boundary setting

– Practical tools to manage distress and improve functioning

-A safe space to process difficult life experiences

-A deeper sense of connection to themselves, others, and the life they want to build

Their goals are to feel more grounded, confident, and aligned with what matters most to them. They want to build resilience, set healthier boundaries, improve their relationships, and live in a way that feels more authentic and fulfilling.

They want to:

-Feel less overwhelmed and more in control of their emotions and responses

-Stop people-pleasing or overfunctioning in relationships

-Learn to set and maintain clear, healthy boundaries

-Feel seen and understood, especially if they’ve felt out of place, misunderstood, or invisible in the past

-Reconnect with their values and develop a greater sense of self-compassion or self-confidence

-Experience life with more purpose, clarity, and joy

They usually want these things because they’re tired of surviving and are ready to thrive. They’ve often been the caretakers, the overthinkers, the high-achievers, and now they’re looking for something more sustainable and self-honoring.

I help by offering a warm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore what’s not working and gently move toward what will. My style is supportive, intuitive, and strengths-based. I’m here to walk alongside clients as they uncover their own insight, resilience, and truth.

Using tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), CBT, mindfulness, and person-centered approaches, I help clients:

-Clarify what truly matters to them (values work)

-Practice emotional acceptance and cognitive flexibility

-Cultivate self-compassion and resilience

-Build concrete coping skills for anxiety, stress, and depression

-Navigate relationship dynamics and life transitions

-Set boundaries with confidence and care

Specialties:

-Anxiety & Stress Management

-Boundaries & Self-Esteem

– Life Transitions & Identity Development

-Autism/ADHD

-Depression & Emotional Regulation

-Relationship Challenges

-Coping Skills & Emotional Insight

What I offer:

– A deeply personalized and affirming therapeutic experience

-A collaborative, non-pathologizing lens

-An integrative approach that draws from ACT, CBT, MI, mindfulness, and self-compassion frameworks

-A safe space where authenticity, vulnerability, and growth are welcomed

-A sense of hope that things can change and you don’t have to do it alone

I want you to know that you’re not alone, even if it’s felt that way for a long time. Whether you’re feeling lost in anxiety, exhausted from trying to hold everything together, or simply unsure of who you are anymore, there’s space for you here. You don’t have to have it all figured out to start. In fact, therapy isn’t about perfection. It’s about exploration, compassion, and steady steps toward becoming more you.

As a therapist, I bring not just training and tools, but humanness, warmth, presence, and real empathy for the messy, complicated, beautiful parts of being alive. I truly believe that healing happens in relationships, and that in the right space, growth becomes possible.

My job is to sit beside you with curiosity, patience, and care as you uncover what matters most and learn how to move toward it, even when life feels heavy.

If you’re feeling unsure, nervous, or like therapy might be “too much” right now, I see you. Reaching out is an act of strength, not weakness, and you don’t have to do it perfectly. You just have to take the first step.

I’d be honored to walk alongside you on your journey. Let’s begin when you’re ready.