My belief is that therapy is about changing the trajectory of your life, and that good relationships make life worth living. Being a human being is an enormous task, but when we live with bravery, integrity, humor, fun, spontaneity, and discipline, we can learn to forge happiness and well-being even in the midst of profound struggle. Therapy is about learning how to be in your life in a more satisfying way, but it’s also about learning to be with other people. When do you draw a boundary with someone, and when do you transcend difference and give generously to that same person? Life is not worth living without good relationships, and no amount of consumerism or zoning-out in front of a screen can help us confront that truth.

I speak English, Yiddish, Spanish, Hebrew, and have cultural fluency in Arabic.

I hold a BA from Columbia University (Barnard College), a BA from Jewish Theological Seminary, a MEd from Hebrew College and an MSW from Louisiana State University. In addition to these credentials, I have extensive experience in community organizing and community care.

When I'm not working, I'm taking care of my kids (among other things, I am a mother of multiples), reading about evolutionary biology and paleoanthropology (how did early humans sleep? how did they eat?), weakly resisting getting a dog, and, yes, zoning out in front of a screen (especially reality TV).