After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Professional Writing from The College of New Jersey, I worked in New York City as a writer and journalist. I enjoyed telling stories. But it was not by coincidence that my birth name ALTHIA means “healer” and I eventually felt drawn to a new profession that involved healing. I changed careers to become a psychotherapist because I recognized that I wanted to use my gift of empathy to not only hear stories, but to also help others heal and rewrite the stories of their lives. I graduated with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Marymount University in Northern Virginia.

I have received extensive training in various trauma therapies including (but not limited to) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). And I am a certified Distance Credentialed Counselor, which means I have specialized training in providing effective therapy remotely (telemental health). I have successfully completed immigration evaluation training with The Immigration Evaluation Training Center.

I offer in-person and Telehealth psychotherapy and immigration psychological evaluations in English and/or Spanish. The daughter of an immigrant, I have a passion for serving immigrant communities and I am grateful that my work as an immigration evaluator allows me the opportunity to be of service in a truly meaningful way.

I am an integrative, eclectic psychotherapist, using more than one evidence-based theoretical approach to address my clients’ individual needs. The approaches I use most often include EMDR, Attachment Theory, CBT, Depth Psychotherapy, and Somatic Therapy.