A little about me...

I am a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with an established private practice since 2002. I specialize in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, a form of psychotherapy that focuses on helping people develop self-understanding about internal and relational dynamics which are repeated for reasons outside of consciousness. I assist clients with a variety of issues including, but not limited to anxiety, depression, grief, childhood trauma, relationship difficulties, anger, parenting, and recurring self defeating behaviors.

 

I completed Medical School at Vanderbilt University and subsequently trained in Psychiatry at the University of California - San Francisco. My general psychiatry residency was followed by a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, also at University of California - San Francisco.

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Since completing my residency, I have pursued extensive post-graduate training in adult psychotherapy and psychoanalysis at the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center. Subsequent to my training, I joined the faculty of Oregon Psychoanalytic Center and teach in the psychotherapy and psychoanalysis training programs. More recently I have received additional training in Transference Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline and Narcissistic personality disorders from Columbia University's Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. I continue to receive consultation from national experts in this area.