Background
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, Palo Alto University
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Fellowships
Advanced Health Fellow
Stanford University
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clinical Neuropsychology Fellow
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Expertise
Research - Cognition and Health:
Integrative medicine: a breathing meditation for veterans with PTSD; a yoga protocol adapted for individuals with persistent complaints of Lyme disease (Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome [PTLDS], or “chronic Lyme”)
Substance use disorders: cognitive effects of a medication treatment for veterans with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI); drinking games in first year college students; a brief intervention for college students who exhibited high-risk drinking
Clinical interventions:
PTSD/trauma/military sexual trauma
Anxiety/OCD
Depression, complicated grief
Individuals with chronic medical conditions (MS, spinal cord injuries, Lyme disease, diabetes)
Couples therapy/relationship difficulties; personality disorders
LGBTQIA, particularly transgender individuals
Personal
I enjoy most outdoor activities in addition to motorsports, and received my motorcycle racing license in 2019. This image is of myself on the Laguna Seca corkscrew.
Internship
Iowa City VA Medical Center
Education
Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium
M.S., Clinical Psychology, PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium
B.S., Psychology, University of Washington
B.A., English, University of California, Los Angeles