About

I am an integrative therapist with a compassionate and practical approach to helping clients heal, grow, and thrive using techniques rooted in cognitive behavioural therapy. My specialities include working with depression, anxiety, prolonged grief and PTSD. In addition, I enjoy supporting adults and couples navigating life transitions and reconnecting with their purpose.

In addition to seeing clients in private practice, I work at the University of Exeter Mood Disorder Centre as a Senior Clinical Research Therapist, where I supervise and train therapists in new modalities. 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 psychodynamic psychotherapy. I later went on to train in cognitive behavioural approaches to PTSD 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

  • University of California, Berkeley Masters of Social Work (MSW), Community Mental Health, 2008

    Oberlin College, Bachelors of Arts (BA), Psychology & Anthropology 2003

    • LCSW #88637 in California

    • British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches Member

    • SW England Accredited #SW116081

    • BABCP Member #170506

    • 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

  • Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

    Letting the Light In: Using Mindfulness to Reconnect with Positive Emotion and Build Wellbeing

    with Barney Dunn & Megan Colletta

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