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EXPERIENCE

Education

  • B.S., Washington University in St. Louis

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (VAMC)

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Employment

  • Psychologist in the PTSD Clinic and Mental Health Clinic, Jesse Brown VAMC

  • Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Coordinator, Jesse Brown VAMC

  • Psychologist in the Trauma Recovery Program, Lovell Federal Health Care Center

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Training

  • Veterans Affairs Cognitive Processing Therapy 

  • Veterans Affairs Prolonged Exposure Therapy 

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Affiliations

  • Illinois Psychological Association

  • American Psychological Association

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Experience & Specialty Areas

SPECIALTY AREAS

I assess and treat a wide range of mental health issues in adults. I integrate and tailor Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, and Humanistic approaches to your unique needs and goals. My specialties include, but are not limited to:

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  • Stress and Burnout 

  • Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress

    • Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy​

    • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

  • Anxiety

    • Generalized Anxiety

    • Panic

    • ​Social Anxiety

    • Specific Phobias​

  • Depression
  • Relationship and Communication issues
  • Diversity issues
    • Race/Ethnicity​
    • Gender Identity
    • Sexual Orientation
  • Veteran/Active Duty issues
    • Readjustment

    • Combat

    • ​Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
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