About Me
Hi! I'm Alex
As a queer, mixed, neurodivergent woman, I know the value of feeling seen and heard. I work with diverse clients, and I prioritize affirming each client’s unique constellation of experiences.
I have particular experience working with neurodivergent clients, clients with minoritized racial and ethnic identities, and clients with diverse sexual, gender, and romantic identities and orientations, among many other intersecting facets of identity.
My Training & Experience
I began my journey to becoming a psychologist when I received my BA in Psychology from Cornell University. I then moved home to Seattle, where I was introduced to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as a research assistant under Dr. Marsha Linehan, the treatment developer, at University of Washington.
Once I saw how clients and their families benefited from DBT, I dedicated myself to becoming a psychologist specializing in this approach. I went on to earn my MS and PhD in clinical psychology at Rutgers University where I learned to provide DBT under my mentor Dr. Shireen Rizvi, ABPP at the DBT–RU lab.
At Rutgers, I was also trained in behavioral medicine, providing cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBTs) while embedded in a primary care clinic. I continued to expand my practice of CBT and DBT by completing internship at the Los Angeles VA Ambulatory Care Center and postdoctoral fellowship in the Harbor UCLA Adult Outpatient Program (both APA-accredited).
Once licensed, I served as the director of research and a supervising psychologist at a private group practice in Los Angeles, before striking out on my own and founding this practice.
Throughout my training and career, my commitment to providing effective and accessible therapy has deepened. I am fortunate to be able to support improving access to these treatments by serving as a consultant on DBT and CBT training rollouts in community mental health programs around the country.
Change can be hard.
You don't have to do it alone.
About Me
Hi! I'm Alex
As a queer, mixed, neurodivergent woman, I know the value of feeling seen and heard. I work with diverse clients, and I prioritize affirming each client’s unique constellation of experiences.
I have particular experience working with neurodivergent clients, clients with minoritized racial and ethnic identities, and clients with diverse sexual, gender, and romantic identities and orientations, among many other intersecting facets of identity.
My Training & Experience
I began my journey to becoming a psychologist when I received my BA in Psychology from Cornell University. I then moved home to Seattle, where I was introduced to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as a research assistant under Dr. Marsha Linehan, the treatment developer, at University of Washington.
Once I saw how clients and their families benefited from DBT, I dedicated myself to becoming a psychologist specializing in this approach. I went on to earn my MS and PhD in clinical psychology at Rutgers University where I learned to provide DBT under my mentor Dr. Shireen Rizvi, ABPP at the DBT–RU lab.
At Rutgers, I was also trained in behavioral medicine, providing cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBTs) while embedded in a primary care clinic. I continued to expand my practice of CBT and DBT by completing internship at the Los Angeles VA Ambulatory Care Center and postdoctoral fellowship in the Harbor UCLA Adult Outpatient Program (both APA-accredited).
Once licensed, I served as the director of research and a supervising psychologist at a private group practice in Los Angeles, before striking out on my own and founding this practice.
Throughout my training and career, my commitment to providing effective and accessible therapy has deepened. I am fortunate to be able to support improving access to these treatments by serving as a consultant on DBT and CBT training rollouts in community mental health programs around the country.
Change can be hard.
You don't have to do it alone.