She completed her clinical psychology training at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She has worked with children and families in multiple settings, including Therapeutic Foster Care, Elementary and High School Health Centers, Northwell Health’s Acute Inpatient Adolescent Unit, and Lifeline Center for Child Development’s Day Treatment Program for school-aged youth. She has published multiple articles on adolescent suicidality and substance use and completed her dissertation on the impact of early childhood experiences and family functioning on physical health outcomes. She supervises clinical psychology doctoral students, conducts interdisciplinary consultation and psychological testing, co-leads support groups for children and parents, and provides individual, collateral-parent and family therapy for youth of all ages.