I help people deeply connect with themselves and others with authenticity and compassion; with renewed confidence and clarity.

As the daughter of parents who emigrated from the Caribbean to the US, I have a lifetime of experience navigating issues of cultural difference, transition and identity. These experiences fueled my interest in the formal study of behavior across & within people and cultures; more specifically--creating opportunities for health in historically underserved communities. 

I pursued degrees in psychology and African American studies and geared my education towards diverse cultural settings. I have a doctorate from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago campus) and completed my pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship training at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

I opened Ascension Behavioral Health, LLC in 2012 with the hope of making meaningful therapy more accessible and less stigmatized. Trained in a practitioner-scholar model, I use a careful, direct and collaborative approach in my work with clients--focusing on nuances that we have been taught to ignore and invalidate—to help clients uncover the most important parts of their being that may have gotten lost over time.  I am personable and honest; traits that clients have steadily gravitated towards for over 10 years; traits through which clients have felt seen and valued.