What Shapes My Work

Before I became a psychotherapist, I spent years designing and leading experiential, intercultural trainings and leadership programs as an international educator. I worked with people who were trying to understand themselves more deeply, navigate identity and belonging, and build meaningful connections — and I learned how powerful it is to have a space where you don’t have to perform, explain, or push through.

Those experiences taught me how our histories, cultures, and nervous systems shape the way we move through the world — and,

How healing grows when we feel…

grounded seen supported

Can you relate?

Today, whether we’re working one-on-one, in a group, or through a training for your organization, my role is to help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and soften the patterns that have been carrying you for so long. I bring the skill of a trained facilitator + the presence of a holistic, relational therapist to create spaces where clarity, connection, and transformation can unfold at a sustainable pace.

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My RESUME

  • Graduate Degrees:

    • Smith College - Master of Social Work

    • SIT Graduate Institute - Master of Arts in International Education

    Undergraduate Degree:

    • Aoyama Gakuin University - Bachelor’s degree in International Economics

    License:

    License #123067 LICSW (The Common Wealth of Massachusetts)

  • • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Primary Care

    • Hebrew Senior Life, Long Term Chronic Hospital Unit

    • Simmons University Counseling Center: Internship

    • Brigham and Woman’s Hospital, Faulkner Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry: Internship

    • Duke University, International House

    • Boston University, International Student and Scholars Office

    • Banco do Brasil - Tokyo Branch, Human Resources

    • Certified Brainspotting Therapist

    • Brainspotting Trainings and Specialty Workshops

      • Currently enrolled: “Consultant-In-Training” with Linnea Swanson

      • Brainspotting Phase 1 Attuning to BIPOC Experience, John Edwards and Linnea Swanson

      • Brainspotting Phase 2 Attuning to BIPOC Experience, John Edwards and Linnea Swanson

      • Brainspotting Phase 3 BIPOC with David Grand

      • Brainspotting Phase 5 BIPOC with David Grand

      • Brainspotting BIPOC Masterclass with David Grand

      • Developmental Trauma model of Brainspotting Digging Roots 1.0 BIPOC, Steve Sawyer

      • Brainspotting with LGBTQIA2S+ clients, Specialty Workshop, Cindy Smith and Pie Frey

      • Brainspotting with Relationships, Specialty Workshop, Jaegil Lee

      • Brainspotting with Children and Adolescents, Specialty Workshop, Monika Bauman

      • Posttraumatic Growth: Brainspotting & Parts Road Map to Liberation, Specialty Workshop, Cherie Lindberg

      • Harmonic Brain Healing, Specialty Workshop, Cynthia Schwartzberg

      • How to do Intensives, Specialty Workshop, Lisa Larson

      • SEBI Webinar: When the Body Fights Itself: Autoimmune Conditions and Brainspotting with Dr. Ofelia Datu

      • SEBI Webinar: Sensory Gating & Dissociation with Dr. David Grand

      • SEBI Webinar: The Great Mystery of Consciousness. What Is It, Where Does It Come From... and How Does Brainspotting Engage It? by Christine Ranck, PhD, LCSW

      • “Spirituality and Brainspotting Group" by Cynthia Schwartzberg

    • Linda Thai’s Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies

    • EMBODY LAB Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate

    • Memory Reconsolidation: Translating Neuroscience into Art by Juliane Taylor Shore, LPC, LMFT, SEP via Academy of Therapy Wisdom

    • Intro to Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy

    • Foundations in Embodied Somatic Abolitionism by Dr. Resmaa Menakem

    • NCORE: National Conference on Race and Ethnicity organized by the University of Oklahoma University Outreach

    • Navigating Open Relationships, Polyamory, and Swinging in Therapy: Co-Creating Relationship Agreements By Tammy Nelson, PhD

    • NSGP: Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy: Board Member 2017-2021

    • NSGP Annual Conference participation since 2016

    • NSGP: Membership Committee 2016-2024

    • Ongoing participation in Observation Group at the Brookline Community Health Center

    • One academic year of Weekly Experiential Group (interpersonal process group) organized by NSGP

    • The Power of Group: Prioritizing Connection in Fractured Times by NSGP and BGSP: The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

    • Learning about Groups from Inside Out: A Day of Experiential Groups by NSGP and BGSP

    • The Strategic Use of Internal Family Systems Techniques by Psychodynamic Psychotherapists to Facilitate Access to the Unconscious By Richard Schwartz, PhD & Adam Rosen, PhD, JD

    • Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts Conference

    • Reconstructing Palliative Care: A Beginning Workshop

    • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Conference

    • AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) Immersion by Diana Fosha, PhD

    • A Soulful Warrior’s Six Session Journey to Transformation Through AEDP by Jerry Lamagna, LCSW

    • AAPCSW: American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work

    • SIETAR: Intercultural Trainers USA Annual Conference, Denver, CO

    • REIKI:

      • Usui Reiki Level 1 (2008)

      • Usui Reiki Level2 (2012)

      • Certified Usui Reiki Master Teacher (2023)

    • Vipassana 10 days Silent Meditation

    • Fostering Intercultural Awareness and Communication skills for Duke University Staff

    • Intercultural Competency and Leadership at International Leadership Conference

    • International Undergraduate Leadership Training Programs at Duke University

    • International Undergraduate Orientation at Duke University

    • Orientation program for Family & Caregivers of elders with dementia and medical illnesses

    • Mindfulness-based support group for older adults