I’m a Deadhead, therapist and space-holder, licensed as a Clinical Social Worker with the state of New York. I’m a graduate of Tulane University with a BA in Philosophy, and of Rutgers University with a Master of Social Work. I completed an intensive Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy training through Polaris, and I’m certified in Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy. 

My therapeutic style is born from an acknowledgment of the vastness of the human experience and the sacredness of the individual within their ecosystem. My passion is caring for people who have become isolated due to the harmful stigma generated by prevailing ideas around mental illness.

I’m interested in supporting and bearing witness to a shift from the guilt and shame of being “mentally ill” or “broken,” to an empowered stance which honors the reasonable pain of operating within systems which cut us off from meaning and purpose.

For the past two years, I have acted as Executive Clinical Director of Cardea, a ketamine therapy space in NYC. 

I previously worked for over 3 years at Ellenhorn LLC, a Program for Assertive Community Treatment, with a team of clinicians using a model that focuses on the trauma experienced by people who have been diagnosed as suffering with psychiatric symptoms. Employing a compassionate Harm Reduction model, I acted as the Integrative Dual Diagnosis Therapy Coordinator for the program’s New York City location, supervising all cases involving clients in complicated relationships to substances.

I also worked for 3 years in a harm reduction setting with BronxWorks, providing therapeutic services to clients in frequent extreme states of mind and mood. My caseload consisted of clients with a history of chronic street homelessness.

I have over 13 years of experience within psychedelic communities as an advocate and proponent of psychedelic harm reduction.

I have focused this work on supporting individuals who have been harmed by the medical model of mental health.