Pleasant Hills Office

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and received my Master’s Degree from the Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. I began my career in substance abuse, providing therapy to individuals, families, and groups in an outpatient setting. Taking my experience to New England, I gained extensive knowledge working with chemical dependency and co-occurring disorders as a primary therapist in intensive outpatient and community mental health centers. With a recent move back to my hometown of Pittsburgh, I use evidence-based practices and cognitive behavioral therapy based approaches to offer my clients the most effective care tailored to their unique needs. I pull from many treatment modalities, but the ones I focus on the most are person-centered therapy, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and exposure resonse prevention therapy (ERP). I believe that each client has the ability to change their thinking and their lives to find their optimal potential.

I work with adolescents and adults that have experienced depression, anxiety, grief, substance abuse, phobias and OCD as well as many other mental health challenges.

“Every person on this earth is full of great possibilities that can be realized through imagination, effort, and perseverance.” –Scott Barry Kaufmann