Education, Training, & Memberships

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Masters in Social Work at Catholic University of America in Washington DC

Licenses:

Post graduate employment:

  • Mentor Maryland - therapeutic foster care 2004 - 2006

  • Suburban Mental Health Associates - group private practice - 2010 - 2011

  • Private Practice created in 2011

Relevant Trainings

  • Neurodiversity Affirming ADHD Evaluation with Neuroabundant - 8 hours (2024)

  • Autistic Informed Assessment Training with Rachel Boggan - 8 hours (2024)

  • Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician with B Lourenco and Cascadia Training - 18 hours (2024)

  • MIGDAS -2 Using the MIGDAS-2 with Adults: In Person and Remote Applications with Marilyn Monteiro - 4 hours (April 2024)

  • MIGDAS - 2 Reveal their Story: Sensory Based Interview Assessing Children and Younger Adolescents Marilyn Monteiro - 4 hours (April 2024)

  • Tailoring DBT to be More Effective and Affirming for Autistic Clients via Evidence Based Practices of New England (May 2024)

  • Navigating College Admissions as a Transgender Student with SAYFTEE (March 2024)

  • Insights into the Autistic Mind with Guiding Extraordinary Minds (April 2024) 

  • Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Teens Provider via Gina Biegel LMFT (2021)

  • All Genders Welcome: Internal Family Systems With Trans and/or Nonbinary Communities with Affirmative Couch (June 2023)

  • Neuroqueer Complexities with SAYFTEE (October 2022)

  • LGBTQ Youth: Clinical Strategies to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity with Deb Coolhart Phd, LMFT (May 2023)


Professional & Community Memberships