About
I am an integrative therapist with a compassionate and connected approach to helping clients heal, grow, and thrive using techniques rooted in mindfulness based cognitive therapy. My specialities include working with depression, anxiety and PTSD. In addition, I enjoy supporting adults facing life transitions, navigating parenthood, and healing from loss and separation.
In addition to seeing clients in private practice, I work at the University of Exeter Mood Disorder Centre as a Senior Clinical Research Therapist. I received my Master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, where I was trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused brief therapy and interpersonal therapy. I later went on to train in cognitive behavioural approaches to trauma at the National Center for PTSD and eating disorders at The Center for Eating Disorders in Baltimore, Maryland. I am BAMBA and SW England accredited and an LCSW in California.
Background & Training
Education & Credentials
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University of California, Berkeley Masters of Social Work (MSW), Community Mental Health, 2008
Oberlin College, Bachelors of Arts (BA), Psychology & Anthropology 2003
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LCSW #88637 in California
British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches Member
SW England Accredited #SW116081
BABCP Member #170506
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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy teacher training (University of Oxford/UK Mindfulness Centres Collaboration) 2021
Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy (Columbia Center for Prolonged Grief) 2020
Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) for treatment resistant depression (University of Exeter) 2019
Behavioural Activation (University of Exeter) 2018
Cognitive behavioural therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Dorset Healthcare University Trust) 2017
Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD (University of Texas at San Antonio) 2016
Present-Centered Therapy for PTSD (University of Texas at San Antonio) 2016
Single Session Therapy (University of Texas at San Antonio) 2016
Compassion Focused Therapy (Kristen Neff, University of Texas at Austin) 2015
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (University of Texas at Austin) 2013
Maudsley Approach for Anorexia Nervosa (Sheppard Pratt National Center for Eating Disorders) 2009
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating disorders (Sheppard Pratt Center for Eating Disorders) 2009
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Eating Disorders 2008
Structural and Strategic Family Therapy (National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto) 2008
Strengthening Intergenerational/Intercultural Ties in Migrant Families (University of California, Berkeley) 2008
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (University of California, Berkeley) 2007
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Oxford Mindfulness Podcast
Letting the Light In: Using Mindfulness to Reconnect with Positive Emotion and Build Wellbeing
with Barney Dunn & Megan Colletta
