EMDR Therapist for High-Achieving Women
A Therapist Who Gets It: Clinically and Personally
As a specialist in EMDR therapy for imposter syndrome, I work with high-achieving women who are tired of doubting themselves despite their success.
If you’re earning six figures but still feel like a fraud, struggling to negotiate your worth, or holding back from the next level because you don’t feel “ready enough,” I help you own your expertise and earn what you’re worth.
I understand that feeling on a personal level.
The Path That Led Me Here
Before I became an EMDR therapist, I wore many hats: military service member, market researcher, wife, mother, lifelong student. I navigated career pivots, redefined what “success” looked like, and managed the quiet weight of stress and anxiety while appearing composed on the outside.
It wasn’t until later in life, while earning my MSW in social work, that I discovered I was a CPTSD survivor. Uncovering repressed trauma was disorienting. It made me question the narrative I’d always believed about my childhood, my worth, and the strategies I thought were keeping me safe.
Like many of my clients, I had grown up walking on eggshells, trying not to upset an angry parent, believing that being careful was the same as being safe. I also learned to stay small. To keep the peace. To not outshine.
I became skilled at performing, achieving, and being responsible – the “good student,” the “reliable one.” But underneath? I didn’t know how to rest without guilt, ask for what I needed without apologizing, or let myself be fully seen without fear of disappointing someone.
Through my own therapy, meditation practice, and clinical training, I’ve learned how to be with discomfort without letting it define me. I’ve learned to loosen the grip of anxiety, not by erasing fear, but by expanding my capacity to meet life with compassion and flexibility.
This personal work taught me something essential: healing doesn’t require remembering every detail or forcing the story to unfold. We start with what’s showing up now – your emotions, beliefs, and experiences – and work gently from there.
You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.
what shapes my work
My work as an EMDR therapist is deeply informed by lived experiences that go beyond the therapy room.
I’ve witnessed close family members battle depression, suicidal thoughts, and chronic illnesses including diabetes and rare autoimmune diseases. I’ve walked alongside loved ones through cancer diagnoses, survivorship, and profound loss. Both of my parents have passed away, and grieving them has shaped my understanding of how layered and complicated healing can be.
Because of these experiences, I understand how chronic stress, anticipatory grief, caregiver fatigue, and emotional burnout show up in daily life, even when you’re trying to keep it all together for everyone else.
My MBA and decade in corporate environments also taught me firsthand what high-achievers face: the constant performance reviews, the feeling that one mistake will expose you, the exhaustion of being the only woman in the room while questioning if you deserve to be there.
These aren’t abstract concepts to me. They’re lived realities that inform how I work as an EMDR therapist.
Money and self-worth are deeply intertwined, especially for women in high-pressure careers.
My journey into Financial Social Work began with my own awakening. For years, I had let financial decisions remain fully in my husband’s domain. After earning my certification, I became more involved and aware of my personal finances. I learned that reclaiming agency over money was part of reclaiming agency over my life.
This personal shift led to professional expansion. I didn’t just obtain a certification. I consulted for the Center for Financial Social Work, helping create educational materials, and presented alongside Reeta Wolfsohn, the founder of Financial Social Work, at a NASW conference.
This combination of personal experience and specialized training allows me to help clients explore the emotional roots of money patterns: underearning, difficulty negotiating, the fear of “asking for too much,” and the deep belief that you’re somehow not worth what you’re requesting.
For women in high-pressure careers, these patterns often intersect with imposter syndrome in powerful ways. You’re making strategic decisions worth millions at work but struggling to negotiate an extra $20K for yourself. You’re managing complex budgets but feel guilty spending money on therapy or taking time off.
We work together to untangle these beliefs so you can earn what you’re worth and claim what you’ve earned.
HOW I APPROACH THE WORK
As an EMDR therapist, I help clients change underlying negative core beliefs, I also draw deeply from psychodynamic and psychoanalytic work.
EMDR is powerful for reprocessing the memories and experiences that fuel self-doubt. But therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. Some clients need the accelerated processing that EMDR offers. Others benefit more from exploring the patterns, defenses, and relational dynamics that shape how they see themselves and move through the world.
My postgraduate psychoanalytic training allows me to understand not just what happened, but how those experiences shaped your internal world, the beliefs you formed about yourself, the strategies you developed to stay safe, and the parts of yourself you learned to hide.
I adapt my approach to fit each client’s needs. Sometimes that means intensive EMDR work. Sometimes it means deeper psychodynamic exploration. Often, it’s a thoughtful combination of both.
What remains consistent is this: we move at your pace, honor your story, and build toward lasting change that feels genuine and sustainable.
A RARE COMBINATION OF EXPERTISE
As an EMDR therapist with psychoanalytic training, I bring together four specializations that are rarely paired:
EMDR Certification to reprocess the memories and experiences fueling self-doubt and anxiety.
Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Training (Training Institute for Mental Health) to understand the deeper patterns shaping your responses.
Financial Social Work Certification and Consulting Experience to address how money, worth, and identity intersect.
MBA in Marketing and a decade in corporate environments where I saw firsthand what high-achievers navigate daily.
This isn’t a typical therapy background. It’s a combination built specifically to serve professionals who know their imposter feelings are irrational but can’t think their way out of them, and who benefit from an approach tailored to their specific needs rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
I continue to deepen my skills through ongoing psychoanalytic training and a commitment to lifelong learning. This work evolves, and so do I.
EMDR Therapist Credentials & Training
As a Certified EMDR Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), licensed in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois, offering online therapy across all three states.
My professional training includes:
- Master of Social Work – New York University, Silver School of Social Work
- MBA in Marketing – Fordham University
- Postgraduate Certificate in Psychoanalytic Therapy – Training Institute for Mental Health (considered the gold standard in psychotherapy training)
- Certified in EMDR Therapy (EMDR International Association certification, the gold standard in EMDR training)
- Certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice – NYU
- Certificate in Financial Social Work with consulting work for the Center for Financial Social Work
Life Beyond the therapy room
I believe healing doesn’t just happen in the therapy hour. It happens in the quiet, everyday moments when we learn to move at our own pace.
Outside of work, you’ll find me practicing meditation, restorative yoga, or creating art. I love spending time with family, reading, watching movies, and yes, playing board and card games (a favorite form of laughter and connection in my family).
Learning is one of my lifelong passions, and I’m currently immersed in advanced psychoanalytic training to deepen the ways I can support meaningful, lasting change for my clients.
Who I work with
I work best with high-achieving professionals who look successful on the outside but feel uncertain on the inside. People who are ready to own their expertise and step into what they’ve earned, without the exhausting mental rehearsal loop.
While much of my practice focuses on women navigating these challenges, I also work with men who struggle with imposter syndrome and self-doubt.
Many of my clients discover that the patterns keeping them small professionally also show up in their relationships. If you struggle with advocating for your needs, setting boundaries, or choosing partners who truly value you, these difficulties often share the same roots as imposter syndrome, early experiences that taught you your worth was conditional or that your voice doesn’t matter.
We work with both dimensions: how you show up in your career and how you show up in relationships.
You don’t need to have it all figured out before you begin. Therapy with me is a space where you can show up as you are: no masks, no pretending, no shame.
We move at your pace. We honor your story. We build your confidence together.
Yes, I specialize as an EMDR therapist for high-achieving women in finance, technology, and healthcare – industries where imposter syndrome often runs deepest.
In finance, I work with women managing portfolios worth millions while struggling to negotiate their own compensation. In tech, I support women who are often the only female in the room, constantly questioning if they belong there. In healthcare, I help physicians, surgeons, and executives who carry immense responsibility yet fear being “found out” as inadequate.
These industries share common patterns: high stakes, minimal margin for error, cultures that reward overwork, and often subtle (or overt) messages that women don’t belong at the top.
As someone with an MBA and a decade in corporate environments, plus specialized training in financial social work, I understand both the external pressures you face and the internal patterns that keep you playing small.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is an evidence-based approach that helps your brain reprocess the experiences and beliefs that created your imposter syndrome.
As an EMDR therapist, I target specific memories, like moments when your intelligence was dismissed, when being visible felt dangerous, or when your worth felt conditional on perfection, and use bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or sounds) to help your brain complete the processing it couldn’t do at the time.
Unlike talk therapy alone, which helps you understand your patterns, EMDR changes how these experiences are stored in your nervous system so they no longer trigger the same emotional and physical responses.
This is particularly powerful for high-achieving women who intellectually know they’re capable but can’t shake feelings of being a fraud.
EMDR helps heal the emotional wounds that keep you underearning, undervaluing yourself, and holding back from opportunities you’ve earned.
As an EMDR therapist with postgraduate psychoanalytic training, I offer both EMDR therapy and psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy, tailoring my approach to each client’s needs.
Some clients benefit most from EMDR’s targeted reprocessing of specific memories and beliefs. Others need the deeper relational and exploratory work that psychoanalytic therapy provides – understanding patterns, defenses, and the unconscious dynamics shaping how they see themselves and move through the world.
Beyond imposter syndrome, I work with high-achieving professionals navigating anxiety, trauma (including complex trauma and PTSD), major life and career transitions (promotions, relocations, job changes, entrepreneurship), grief and loss, and relationship difficulties.
Many clients who’ve experienced painful relationships, whether in childhood or adulthood, struggle with advocating for their needs, setting boundaries, or choosing partners who truly value them.
These patterns often intersect with the same core beliefs fueling imposter syndrome: “I’m not worth it” or “I have to earn love through performance.”
Whether you’re seeking EMDR for targeted change or psychoanalytic therapy for deeper exploration, I adapt my approach to meet you where you are.
As an EMDR therapist, I bring together four specializations rarely found in one practice: EMDR certification for reprocessing trauma and limiting beliefs, postgraduate psychoanalytic training from the Training Institute for Mental Health to understand deeper patterns, financial social work certification to address how money and self-worth intersect, and an MBA with a decade in corporate environments where I witnessed firsthand what high-achievers navigate.
This combination allows me to work with the complete picture: not just your imposter syndrome, but how it shows up in salary negotiations, leadership decisions, and your relationship with money and success.
I also draw from my personal experience as a CPTSD survivor who learned to walk on eggshells, stay small, and achieve without ever feeling worthy.
I understand this work both clinically and personally, which shapes how I create space for your healing.
Yes, this is one of the most powerful applications of EMDR therapy combined with financial social work expertise.
EMDR helps you process the specific beliefs and experiences that taught you to stay small, not ask for what you’re worth, and doubt your value in professional contexts.
We target memories like being told not to be “too much,” experiences where asserting yourself led to rejection or criticism, or moments when your contributions were minimized or overlooked.
As an EMDR therapist with financial social work certification, I help you connect how these patterns show up concretely in your earning potential, underselling your services, accepting the first offer without negotiating, feeling guilty about your success, or avoiding promotions you’ve earned.
Clients consistently report feeling more confident negotiating compensation, speaking up in high-stakes meetings, pursuing leadership roles they previously thought were “for someone else,” and finally earning in alignment with their actual value and expertise.
The timeline for EMDR therapy varies depending on the complexity of your imposter syndrome patterns and how deeply rooted they are in your history.
Some clients working with an EMDR therapist notice some shifts in 8-12 weekly sessions, while others with more complex patterns, perhaps layered with childhood trauma, ongoing workplace stress, or intersecting identity challenges, benefit from 12-18 months of work.
I also offer EMDR intensives that compress months of weekly sessions into 1-3 focused days, ideal for executives and professionals with demanding travel schedules or those facing imminent career transitions like promotions, negotiations, or leadership changes.
The free consultation helps us both assess fit. You’ll get a sense of my style and approach, and I’ll learn what brings you to therapy.
Once we begin, we spend the first few sessions gathering background before collaboratively developing a treatment plan tailored to your needs.
The goal isn’t indefinite therapy. It’s creating lasting change so you can own your expertise, negotiate your worth, and lead without the exhausting mental loop of self-doubt.
Yes, I provide online EMDR therapy to clients throughout New York, New Jersey, and Illinois, where I hold active clinical licenses.
Virtual EMDR therapy is as effective as in-person sessions. Research demonstrates comparable outcomes for treating imposter syndrome, anxiety, and trauma.
During online sessions, I use bilateral stimulation through visual cues on your screen, self-administered tapping, or audio tones through headphones.
Many high-achieving professionals actually prefer online EMDR therapy because it eliminates commute time, allows you to attend from your office or home, and provides the privacy to process difficult emotions in your own space.
You can schedule sessions during your workday without colleagues knowing, or attend while traveling for work.
I also offer limited in-person sessions in Chicago for clients who prefer face-to-face work, though most find virtual sessions equally effective and more convenient.
The best way to know if I’m the right EMDR therapist for you is to schedule a free consultation.
During this call, we’ll discuss your specific challenges with imposter syndrome, your professional goals, and what you’re hoping therapy will help you achieve.
I work best with high-achieving women (and some men) in finance, tech, and healthcare who are ready to stop playing small and step into their expertise.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before we talk. Therapy is where we figure it out together.
If you’re drawn to an approach that combines EMDR’s neurobiological processing with psychoanalytic depth and practical financial empowerment, and if you value a therapist who understands both the clinical and corporate worlds, we may be a strong fit.
Sessions with me as an EMDR therapist are tailored to where you are in the process.
Early sessions focus on understanding your specific patterns – how imposter syndrome shows up at work, in negotiations, in leadership, and in your relationship with money and success.
We identify target memories and experiences to reprocess. During EMDR processing sessions, you’ll recall these experiences while following bilateral stimulation, which may feel strange at first but becomes natural quickly.
Between the memory work, we explore the patterns and beliefs that surface, often drawing on psychoanalytic insights to understand their origins and function.
Sessions aren’t just about processing past events. They’re about building new neural pathways that support confidence, self-trust, and the capacity to claim what you’ve earned without guilt or second-guessing.
Yes. As an EMDR therapist with psychoanalytic training, I work with individuals navigating relationship difficulties, though I don’t provide couples therapy.
Many high-achieving clients discover that professional success doesn’t translate to relational confidence.
You might struggle with advocating for your needs, setting boundaries without guilt, choosing partners who truly value you, or feeling like you must earn love through achievement or caretaking.
These patterns often stem from painful early experiences: growing up with inconsistent love, conditional approval, or environments where your needs were minimized.
The same core beliefs driving imposter syndrome (“I’m not enough,” “I have to prove my worth”) often show up in relationships as people-pleasing, over-functioning, or accepting less than you deserve.
Through EMDR and psychoanalytic work, we address both the specific wounds and the larger patterns, helping you build relationships where you feel seen, valued, and safe being yourself.
A Final Note From Me to You
Therapy isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about coming home to who you’ve always been, before anxiety, fear, trauma, or perfectionism told you otherwise.
You’re allowed to heal. You’re allowed to rest.
You’re allowed to be here, just as you are.