We offer highly tailored, integrative and specialized treatment, assessment and evaluation of developmental behavioral concerns across the lifespan including neurodevelopmental, psychoeducational and related complex diagnosis concerns including autism, ADHD, NDD’s and related.
We work closely with individuals and families to provide highly specialized and nuanced evaluations, psychoeducational support, treatment and evidence-based interventions tailored unique to you and your families unique needs.
Assessment and Evaluation Specialties
• Autism Spectrum Differences/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Focused on working with individuals across the autism spectrum, including those with highly masked autism, self-identified or late-diagnosed individuals, gender and sex specific differences and those navigating challenges of masking or camouflaging traits.
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Focusing on individuals with ADHD and co-occurring conditions such as anxiety or depression, as well as those identifying with AuDHD (autism + ADHD).
• Learning Differences: Comprehensive evaluations and strategies for individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning differences, emphasizing their potential and promoting academic success.
• Giftedness and Twice-Exceptionality (2e): Expertise in addressing the intersection of intellectual giftedness with challenges such as autism, ADHD, or learning differences, ensuring holistic support that fosters both strengths, ensuring needs met and fostering advocacy.
• Integrative Medicine including Holistic and Multi-cultural Approaches: Expertise in identifying and addressing varying health, illness and disease paradigms of presentation across lived experiences of cultures, languages, social experiences and diversities globally where other types of medical systems may be utilized and must be considered in evaluation and treatment.
Developmental Behavioral Care, Complex and Overlapping Diagnoses
The interplay of multiple conditions often leads to diagnostic challenges or misdiagnoses. My practice is attuned to recognizing and addressing these complexities in collaboration with specialists and medical team-based approaches, including:
• Chronic Illness and Neurodiversity: Conditions like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Migraines, disorders of the menstrual (Dysmenorrhea, Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), hormonal, adrenal, thyroid and systemic cycle disorders and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) frequently intersect with neurodevelopmental diagnoses. I integrate a whole-person approach to care.
• Functional Neurological Symptoms: Providing clarity for individuals experiencing unexplained neurologic symptoms, distinguishing between functional disorders and co-occurring conditions.
• Highly Masked Presentations: Individuals with autism, ADHD, or other conditions who mask or camouflage traits often face unique challenges in obtaining accurate diagnoses and effective support.
• Misdiagnoses and Overlapping Symptoms: Addressing cases where conditions such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), heart attack/stroke, epilepsy, cancers, dementia, auditory processing disorders, sensory processing challenges, personality/emotional or chronic illness symptoms mimic or overlap with autism, ADHD, or other conditions.
• Synesthesia: Support for individuals with synesthetic experiences and their impact on learning, creativity, and sensory processing.
Psychoeducational and Supportive Care
Targeting psychoeducational evaluations and recommendations to support academic, social, and emotional well-being, including:
• Customized learning strategies and accommodations for students.
• Advocacy and consultation for Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or 504 Plans.
• Psychoeducation for families to better understand and support their loved ones’ needs.
Gender and Sexual Diversity
Affirming and inclusive case for individuals and families exploring or identifying with:
• Gender nonconformity and expansive gender identities.
• Non-heteronormative sexual orientations and experiences.
Inclusive and Diverse Approach to Care
As a highly specialized practitioner and practice, the diagnostic methodology emphasizes a collaborative and strengths-based approach. Evidence-based interventions including psychoeducation, behavioral strategies, and therapeutic modalities are facilitated while valuing the lived experiences and self-identification. By integrating research, clinical expertise, and individual narratives, a supportive environment is fostered where every client feels empowered in their journey.
For additional information, a complimentary ten-minute consultation or to schedule an evaluation, please contact here.
Treatment Specialties
Wilderness and Walking Therapy
During Covid-19 many became accustomed to being in work-from-home spaces or being outside as a means to cope and social distance during the Global Pandemic. For some a return to traditional and more passive (sitting, laying, etc) therapy spaces aren’t as desired or even helpful. In fact, numerous studies suggest sitting and stationary behavior can be harmful to health and counter to healing and growth despite widespread practice. In addition, being outside provides both increased space for exposure therapies, explorative and real-world context interactions and an opportunity for deeper processing of stronger emotions in safe settings.
Many studies suggest significant benefits to therapeutic walking and immersing in more natural/ecological environments as forms of therapy, healing and growth. I enjoy facilitating kinesthetic and walking sessions in particular, such as trekking/hiking, cycling, walking in the urban park/core and equine therapy supervised sessions. Many clients can greatly benefit and in fact prefer these types of more immersive therapy sessions if given the option. Read more about walking therapy from a colleague, click here.
2SLGBTQI+, Affirming and Culturally Competent Care
Throughout human history a complex interplay of gender, sex and identity has unfolded. Often times one’s experience and understanding of self and others does not conform to individual, group or societal understanding, dogma and/or expectations. This inevitable mismatch can lead to concerns, distress or the need for affirming care to reach full potential. Humans embody an extraordinarily diverse spectrum of biology, sex and gender, which is often misunderstood, ignored and/or counter to belief systems, societal structures, etc. It is much more accurate to think of every human as existing on a continuum or spectrum of sexuality, gender and lived experience.
My practice is specialized on exploring concerns of gender and sexual identity in an accepting, inclusive and affirming context. In addition to being a clinical psychologist, I am a gender/queer feminist scholar and a doctorally trained sociocultural anthropologist. I am an expert in diverse global forms of being, knowing, behaving, thinking, feeling, etc. I have studied, undertaken field-work and lived in European, Sub-Saharan African, Latin American and Asian countries. I see clients in a sensitive, warm, accepting and non-judgmental context whether single-partnered or multi-patterned or on the normalized continuum of gender, sex, identity, ethnoracial, social, cultural, economic spectrums, etc. I make care available to those that cannot afford to pay as much as possible.
Individual and Relationship Adult Therapy
Individuals often bravely enter therapy to work towards addressing an emergent concern or solving a problem. Yet others enter therapy for self-improvement, self-care, extra support or the desire for a safe, non-judgmental and affirming space. Therapy serves as a crucial basis for self-reflection, exploration, healing and growth. In our work together whether individually, with partners or group settings, we collaborate in moving towards meeting treatment goals and effectuating positive change. This includes treatment goals of feeling happier, sleeping better, overcoming an addiction, improving communication and more expansive engagement in positive self-growth, etc. I specialize in comprehensive therapies for spectrum concerns such as personality, mood, feeding, psychotic, trauma and executive function-oriented differences. I enjoy working collaboratively in these areas of specialization and beyond.
Child, Adolescent, Emerging Adult and Family Therapy
I enjoy working with families, children, adolescents and emerging adults, particularly oriented to concerning behaviors, academic, occupational, emotional, transitional and executive function concerns. I utilize a holistic approach including but not limited to modalities of Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy (MDFT), play, movement/dance, visual art, somatic, skills training, attachment, psychodrama, equine/nature, trauma oriented/informed and/or mindfulness approaches.
Educational Coaching, Consulting and Capacity Building
I advise and counsel families and students on how to best position, obtain admission and thrive at highly competitive institutions in the United States and abroad. In particular, I work comprehensively with families and students that may have psychoeducational and/or learning concerns and yet deserve to thrive in a highly competitive and rewarding environment such as the Ivy League. I have served on interview and admissions committees for UC Berkeley. I hold admissions expertise with high-ranked institutions in France, UK and South Africa. I am able to effectively leverage and apply these experiences from matriculating to highly competitive institutions including Columbia, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Yale and Wits South Africa.
ADHD Executive Function and Ivy League Student Academic Coaching
I approach ADD/ADHD and executive function diversities as positive strengths and benefits for individuals and family systems. For individuals with concerns on the executive function spectrum including labels of ADD/ADHD, executive function disorder, developmental delay, learning concerns, conduct disorders, etc–I facilitate psychotherapy, coaching, guidance, advisory and training in these areas.
As a published clinical and coaching expert in ADD/ADHD, I work closely alongside individuals and families including children, adolescents and adults to facilitate and empower positive change in coping effectively with ADD/ADHD and executive function concerns. I seek to empower positive cognitive-behavioral, emotional, environmental, social and similarly situated changes to improve domain-level functioning in various contexts. This includes measurable and marked positive change and coping capacity in contexts including professional, academic, social, etc so that clients can live happier, fuller and more successful lives.
For additional information, a complimentary ten-minute consultation or to schedule an evaluation, please contact here.