Who I am professionally
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both New York State and in North Carolina. I have been working in the field for many years, working with children, adolescents and their families. I have worked with couples and individuals across the lifespan and within the context of many different areas of concern. I am trauma informed and have spent many years working with clients is crisis, with higher levels of acuity, including individuals struggling with suicidal ideation, with past attempts, self-injury and ongoing self-harming behaviors due to deeply embedded and chronic pain and anguish from past trauma, attachment issues, or attachment style related concerns. Many of the people I’ve worked with have struggled with some of the more intense and abrasive mental health conditions including borderline personality disorder (BDP), Post Traumatic Distress Disorder (PTSD) as well as Complex PTSD. Among other conditions, are dissociation and dissociative symptoms (depersonalization, derealization).
My Specialties
I am a crisis worker at heart and have worked for Mobile Crisis Services and in Psychiatric Emergency Room settings. In private practice I have worked with many people with processing past, pervasive and long-standing trauma memories, childhood adverse childhood experiences as well as very recent traumatic experiences, while identifying and managing the triggers on a daily basis.
I got into the Social Work discipline over 15 years ago, as I was trying to figure out my own life, deal with, process and move on from some of my own traumatic life experiences as well as dealing with an undefined identity crisis. I have done a lot of the work, have healed so much and now understand the need to work with others in figuring out their journey through life.
When we think about trauma, we must acknowledge that it changes us in very profound ways. Trauma can lead to deeply internalized, distressing pain, that often can distract us and derail our God given purpose. It is in healing that we can regain and realign our focus, set out on a new path and achieve the desired goals and objectives set forth in our plan. This is my purpose today.