My services are informed by research, ethics, evidence-based principles, and just being a human. As a clinical psychologist, I  hold a doctoral-level degree requiring approximately 5 - 7 years of advanced coursework beyond college, years of clinical training, an intensive clinical internship, and 3 years of post-doctoral training. I am licensed in New York State by the Department of Education and am obligated to comply with an extensive Code of Ethics that outlines acceptable and unacceptable practices. 

I have received formal and informal training with top experts in my field, including the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Department of Psychiatry’s Deaf Wellness Center and their National Institutes of Mental Health CSPS Postdoctoral Training program, and URMC’s Rochester Prevention Research Center: National Center for Deaf Health Research.