About

I am a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in substance use disorder and borderline personality disorder. I completed my clinical residency and an addiction psychology post-doctoral fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School (HMS). Before coming to Massachusetts, I completed my Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and prior to that I received a B.A. with honors in psychology from Columbia University in New York City.

I am licensed in Massachusetts (#10689) as well as New Hampshire (#1547) and Maine (#PS2394), and am board certified in addiction psychology (American Board of Addiction Psychology). Currently, I see patients in the office on Tuesdays and via telehealth other days (i.e., a secure video link). A benefit of telehealth is that it allows some flexibility in terms of where patients can be located. At the same time, please note that due to licensing laws, patients must be physically in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or Maine during our telehealth sessions.

Clinically, I have extensive experience treating individuals struggling with addiction, and borderline personality disorder. I have previously served as a staff psychologist at MGH’s adult outpatient addiction program, the West End Clinic, and MGH’s Addiction Recovery Management Service, the hospital's outpatient addiction treatment program for adolescents and young adults. I also worked for several years on MGH’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy team, which focuses on the treatment of borderline personality disorder and other disorders associated with problems regulating emotions.

I believe strongly in meeting patients where they’re at and tailoring treatment approaches to individuals, but broadly speaking I work using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy frameworks. I am also trained in Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention, and am an expert in Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback. For those who are interested in twelve-step approaches, I offer Twelve-Step Facilitation. In my private practice I treat people 18+ who are looking to reduce or stop alcohol or other drug use. I also treat individuals with borderline personality disorder using Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

In addition to my clinical work, I am a research scientist at the Recovery Research Institute and Center for Addiction Medicine at MGH-HMS. I investigate emotional and psychophysiological factors that heighten addiction relapse risk, while also developing cutting-edge, mobile health interventions for substance use disorder.