I am a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with 15 years of experience supporting individuals through a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. I provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and person-centered care to adolescents and adults in Massachusetts. I help clients navigate depression, anxiety, trauma, mood challenges, stress, and life transitions with compassion, clarity, and respect.

My work includes individual and group counseling, risk assessment, and crisis intervention. I have extensive experience supporting students with autism spectrum disorder, emotional disabilities, and significant behavioral challenges, helping them develop adaptive coping, self-regulation, and social skills. I strive to create a supportive and collaborative environment where individuals of all ages feel safe, understood, and empowered to make meaningful change. My approach in addition to my clinical training, I have worked extensively with youth as a certified alpine ski racing coach, helping young athletes build confidence, focus, and resilience through sport.

Counseling is an opportunity to explore concerns in your life in a safe and accepting environment. Sometimes internal struggles can weigh us down and interfere with enjoying life as we should. My passion to help people comes not only from my education and work experience, but also my life experiences. Having an alliance with your therapist has been shown to improve outcomes in numerous studies throughout the years. This is something I believe in and I have been able to make a natural connection with most clients who enter treatment. Through a collaborative relationship, we can explore the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This will provide insight into how negative thought patterns play a role in your current problems and help us develop the best strategies to combat them. The mind is a powerful thing, and through a process of developing and understanding yourself, you can learn to control it.

A Center for Integrative Therapies Achieve Wellness, LLC is a group of integrative, solution focused clinicians supporting clients in the process of positive change. It is our goal to treat each individual with a holistic approach. We are passionate about our services and believe that everyone deserves to live their lives to their fullest potential. We provide individual counseling, couples counseling, family therapy, life coaching, business consulting. At Achieve Wellness, it is our goal to create a safe and supportive environment while providing a collaborative, holistic and integrative approach to treatment. We believe that everyone deserves access to the care they need and is worthy of feeling well. It is our mission that clients feel empowered and inspired to realize that wellness is possible.

As a licensed marital and family therapist, I have years of experience working with individuals, couples and families faced with a wide variety of challenges and life cycle transitions. I offer a supportive, empathic and nonjudgmental environment in which to discover, heal and grow. My approach is individualized, holistic, solution-focused and collaborative. Together, we will create a plan to help you reach your goals and overcome challenges. With you as the expert on yourself, my role is to provide you with insight, strategies, coaching and tools. My goal is to help you feel empowered and motivated to reach your full potential.

At Uplift & Imagine (U&I) we strive to help you be an independent individual. U&I will help build your confidence and self-esteem by creating goals to meet your specific needs. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with years of experience in the Juvenile Justice system. I have worked with many families and adolescents of all cultural backgrounds and gender identities in residential programs, as an outpatient therapist and providing in-home Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy (MDFT). At U&I, our therapeutic style is warm and interactive. My greatest strength is being able to engage with all clients. U&I understands making the decision to start therapy may be a difficult one. U&I as a team can figure out how to help you be your best self. Feel free to reach out for a free consultation to see if U&I is the perfect fit for you.

Whether you are anxious, depressed or going through a difficult time, I can offer you ways to gently explore your emotions with more ease. I am trained in Internal Family Systems an evidenced-based approach that is highly effective in working with symptoms of anxiety, depression and trauma. What is unique about this approach is the way in which it promotes a more self compassionate view of yourself. This awareness often reduces the self criticism and judgement that plague so many of us. I enjoy working with adults of all ages. With additional training in EMDR, I can help you to reprocess traumatic memory, potentially reducing symptoms associated with trauma. Please contact me for a free 15 minute phone consultation If you would to learn more about my approach to therapy and how it could help you. I look forward to the possibility of working together.

If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, or substance use, feel free to contact me via a phone call, a text, or an email. I’ll respond back within 2 hours, Monday – Sunday. My office hours are 8am EST to 5pm EST. Struggling through serious relationship problems? I’ve helped dozens of couples and perhaps I can help you. Is your teen son or daughter having difficulties adjusting to COVID and feeling down? Call me anytime and we can schedule a free consultation to discuss your individual needs.

As clinical psychologists, we understand that your life can be complex. There are various demands and expectations at different life stages that can be impacted by situational and mental health struggles. It's important to be mindful of the interaction between those demands and your stage of life. For example, you may be an adult feeling overwhelmed with anxiety worrying about aging parents while managing your spouse and children's needs. Your needs in this scenario would be different than an anxious adolescent trying to cope with school, friendship, and family demands. We recognize and respect that people have individual needs throughout the lifespan and we want to work closely and collaboratively with you to ensure that you reach your goals to a richer and more satisfying life.

Do you need help with managing your stress, a transition, help practicing self care, processing trauma, navigating relationship challenges or taking the next step towards your purpose? Maybe you’ve tried many ways to cope and you need a different prospective, a listening ear, someone to help you create a plan that will yield a change relief so you can live a better life… You’re in the right place. We utilize evidence based, trauma informed, strength based, cognitive behavioral and person-focused approaches to help you learn coping strategies for these areas of your life. We also help you learn how to set boundaries and learn how to better care for yourself. This practice was founded with the belief that there is power and courage in telling your story. We are passionate about providing you with the space to be heard and understood so that you can live the life you believe you were meant to live. “No matter what you have experienced in life, there is a way to cope and to heal.”

Feel stuck, stressed, anxious, sad, or angry? Find yourself repeating behaviors you wish you didn't or are unable to communicate effectively? Maybe a combination of these? You are not alone. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help you alleviate and better manage unwanted cycles of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings long term. I specialize in effective communication and in the reduction of anxiety, stress, anger, depression, and addictive or self-destructive behavior. I have helped many people increase their life fulfillment, instill balance, better their relationships, and reach goal attainment and healing. I tailor treatment to your specific needs in a caring, safe and supportive space. My professional background includes over a decade in private practice, providing clinical instruction for graduate mental health programs and for those seeking clinical licensure. I have served as director for addiction, cognitive behavioral therapy clinics and residential programs. I supervise staff at a LGBTQ+ mental health clinic and have been featured in various media outlets. Therapy is at your pace. We may examine the past to explore ways it has shaped things in your life, but focus on the here and now of healing and coping tool development. Everyone has the potential to grow, improve and change and you deserve space to do this.

As a social worker, I am dedicated to helping and working with children, teens, and adults who are ready to deal with their mental health and who are interested in making the changes necessary to their lives at a pace that is comfortable for them. I believe that mental health is as important as physical health. I am dedicated to providing a safe, supportive, and judgment-free environment. I have experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. I have spent the last 10 years of my career working with adolescents and feel confident in my abilities to create relationships with them. I have experience working with individuals who are dealing with anxiety, depression, transitions, and who are interested in developing better coping skills. I am bilingual in Spanish and English and am committed to a bicultural approach. I look forward to hearing from and working with you.