I was born and raised in Los Angeles before attending Wesleyan University, majoring in Government and American studies. I worked several years in information technology, community organizing, and L.A. film festivals before I went on to earn a postbaccalaureatte certificate at Bryn Mawr College. I completed medical school and Psychiatric residency training at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. I served as Chief Resident and was honored by residency leadership with the Outstanding Senior Resident award. After moving home to Los Angeles, I served as 2019-2020 Max Grey Fellow in Mood Disorders at the UCLA Semel Institute Adult Mood Disorders Clinic. In addition to private practice, I maintain a position at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA Dual Diagnosis Intensive Outpatient Program.

My medical training has included work with world experts in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.

I trained with leaders in the field who created and continue to develop cognitive behavior therapy and exposure therapies. I have extensive training and experience with

• psychodynamic psychotherapy
  
• dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
• cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
• exposure based therapies (PE, ExRP, Panic).

Through collaboration with leading experts in specialty clinics, I have developed expertise in treating

• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  
• attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  
• anxiety disorders
  
• obsessive compulsive disorders
• panic disorder
• addiction
• bipolar disorder
  
• treatment resistant depression.