My graduate training at the University of Pittsburgh has included supervised clinical experience with the following modalities:

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for mood and anxiety disorders and chronic pain
• Unified Protocol for emotional disorders (UP)
• Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
• Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
• Exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD
• Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD
• Written exposure therapy (WET) for PTSD
• Traditional and radically open dialectical behavior therapy (DBT, RO-DBT) skills groups

I have provided individual and group psychotherapy to adults in the following settings:

• Outpatient department clinic
• Behavioral health outpatient services within an academic medical center
• VA-based PTSD specialty care clinic
• Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment programs

Future clinical training goals

I would like to continue to gain experience providing evidence-based treatment to adults with anxiety- and trauma-related disorders, with a developing specialization in PTSD treatment. I would also like to receive more advanced training in modalities that complement trauma-focused care, including DBT skills for emotion regulation and CBT and ACT for chronic pain. I am interested in working with more acute and complex presentations and collaborating with multidisciplinary care teams in medical settings.

Cultural humility

I strive to implement a culturally humble lens in my clinical work and attend to the ways in which my own cultural identities interact with those of my clients. I incorporate my curiosity about my clients’ intersecting identities into my case conceptualizations, participation in supervision, and therapeutic style. I am always learning more about systems of oppression that may impact my clients, as well as the ways in which different identities may be sources of individuality, community, and resilience.