She graduated from Smith College School for Social Work in 1996, and completed a post-graduate fellowship in College Mental Health at Harvard University in 1997. She has worked as a therapist at Pratt Institute and Sarah Lawrence College, and moved to San Francisco to become Director of Counseling Services at SFAI in 2006. As field faculty, she trains graduate students from Smith and UC Berkeley, and has a private practice in San Francisco. Particular interests include: psychodynamic psychotherapy, group and organizational dynamics, professional identity development, and cross-cultural challenges.