I draw from a number of frameworks, collaboratively applied to help you reach your goals through deeper self-understanding. Emotionally-Focused Therapy give tools for slowing down to help us listen to what your feelings and bodily cues are communicating. A Jungain lens helps us draw on various wisdom traditions for guidance on where you may be in your journey and how to understand ideas that pop to mind or images in your dreams. And my Psychodynamic sensibilities can help us see how your past informs your present.
In addition to the winding road that brought me to the mental health field, my prior professional experience also informs my work. In my doctoral training, I worked at multiple NYC hospitals and clinics and wrote my dissertation on research at the Manhattan VA. After training, I was a supervising psychologist at the Mount Sinai World Trade Center Mental Health Program (WTCMHP).
Couples Therapy has long been a passion of mine. I am trained in Emotionally-Focused Therapy. For several years, I managed the WTCMHP’s couples therapy program and I continue this work currently as a consultant.
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies are also an area of emphasis. My training in this realm was through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and Fluence. I offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and psychedelic integration services.
The practice is named after the Elm Tree overlooking Central Park’s East Meadow. Despite being near the 96th Street throughway wall, the roots of this tree have found depth in other directions, allowing the tree to grow tall and wide.
The East Meadow’s towering Elm Tree stands as a living example that, even within a busy metropolis, we can find the grounding to allow for the winding process of growth.
Winding Elm Psychology, PLLC is an independent practice and is not affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.