I am a rising fourth-year Counseling Psychology PhD Candidate with eight years of clinical research experience across university and hospital settings. My research background includes examining depression, anxiety, body image, and disordered eating using methods ranging from neuroimaging to qualitative interviewing which provides me with a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary perspective on mental health research. You can access my CV here.

Informed by a pilot study I recently completed (manuscript in preparation), my dissertation research is focused on conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an online single-session intuitive eating intervention that I designed alongside my PhD advisor and a team of masters and undergraduate students. Our pilot study was the first intuitive eating intervention study to examine transdiagnostic efficacy, and results suggested that: a) intuitive eating increased following the online single session intervention and b) symptoms of disordered eating, depression, and anxiety all decreased significantly over time following the intervention. The RCT will compare the intervention to active and waitlist control conditions.

As a clinician, I have completed doctoral practica at two Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals (McLean Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) at residential and outpatient levels of care. I strive to develop individualized case conceptualizations informed by a biopsychosocial model and multicultural awareness to guide evidence-based care. I use a variety of cognitive-behavioral approaches to enact change in sessions, drawing heavily on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). I am a strengths-based, person-centered clinician who believes in every individual’s capacity to overcome fears and build healthier coping skills if provided a warm, non-judgemental therapeutic setting.

Finally, I am a partner and mother to a one-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old rescue dog named Waffles. I enjoy finding fun and laughter in the everyday moments of parenthood and spending time outdoors (or ‘side, as my daughter says).