About me

I feel privileged every time I am invited into another person's life. I will share in your story, sit along side you in your pain, and together we will carve out and create a life of purpose, peace and ease.

I received my Masters of Science in Miami, Florida at Barry University with specialties in Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.  Currently, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#1300) and Licensed Professional Counselor (#8873) in Georgia along with a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor (CPCS 1469). I have practiced in outpatient hospital settings working with severe and persistent mental illness, with teens struggling with behavioral disorders in a psychiatric residential treatment facility, at The Anxiety and Stress Management Institute specializing in anxiety disorders, and private practice working with individuals, couples and families.  I have also been the appearing psychotherapist on TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive and Sister Wives. 

My Training:

-Intensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training through Behavioral Tech, LLC

-Advanced Training (Externship and Core Skills) in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) 

-Prolonged Exposure (PE) training with Melanie Harned, Ph.d for trauma treatment

-Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) training through the International OCD Foundation's (IOCDF) Behavioral Therapy Training Institute (BTTI).

-Training for High-Conflict Families/Couples with Alan Fruzzetti, Ph.d 

Professional Associations: 

-Director of Skills Groups for Metro Atlanta DBT, a cooperative network of DBT clinicians in Metro Atlanta www.dbtga.com

-Member of EFT Atlanta

-Member of International Centre for Excellence in EFT (ICEEFT)

- International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

-Member of Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCAGA)

-Co-owner of Perimeter DBT, a private practice in Atlanta Ga, providing full, comprehensive DBT for teens, adults and families www.perimeterdbt.com