I am a physical therapist, psychotherapist, yoga teacher and pilates instructor.
As a physical therapist, my practice focuses on pelvic health, hypermobility and chronic pain. I treat bowel, bladder, sexual dysfunctions, perinatal conditions as well as pelvic, spine and tail bone pain under a trauma informed perspective. I have extensive training in external and internal manual therapy for all genders, as well as movement therapies and visceral manipulation. I have previously taught continuing education through Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehab Institute, and have been a consultant for Medbridge, contributing to their yoga and pilates based home exercise platforms.
As a psychotherapist, I come from an existential phenomenological perspective combined with an interest in somatics. I have a deep interest in how to tolerate living in a body that might be working with chronic conditions or illnesses in the culture of productivity and perfectionism.
My yoga practice started at OM yoga in New York City under the faculty gathered by Cyndi Lee. I completed my initial teacher training there with Cyndi, Edward Jones and Joe Miller, and went on to teach at OM until its close. I continued my education with Judith Lasater for restorative yoga and Tari Prinster for Yoga 4 Cancer. I completed further training with Rodney Yee and the faculty of Yoga Shanti’s program including Richard Rosen, Richard Freeman, Lip Orem, Colleen Saidman Yee and Manorama. I am a certified teacher of Pelvic Floor Yoga under Leslie Howard. I have served as faculty on teacher trainings for Interconnected Yoga 200-hr training and Art of Attention advanced teacher training.
I started teaching Pilates when I was 16. My training was unusual, as it followed a multi-lineage private apprenticeship model. I was exposed to classical and contemporary Pilates perspectives as well as complimentary methods such as Franklin Method, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis and Feldenkrais. I have taught in a variety of settings including privately and in group settings.
Education & Credentials
Licensed physical therapist under the credential PT60843236
Licensed mental health counselor associate under the license: LH61687786 with Supervision under Shelley Green LMHC, PMH-C LH60840567
Masters of Existential Phenomenological Psychology, Seattle University
Doctorate of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware
Masters in Anatomy & Clinical Health Science, University of Delaware
Elly
our 15 year old Pomeranian therapy-ish dog. Elly provides mostly calm, grounded, elegant presence.
Zipper Goose Foot
out 3 year old muppet who is a gentle, calm presence, often sleeping his way through sessions.
Hippocampus
our 10 month old firecracker who loves to love.