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.
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 specifically work with high-achieving women in finance, technology, and healthcare who struggle with imposter syndrome. I understand the unique pressures of these industries and how they amplify self-doubt.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps your brain process the experiences and beliefs that created your imposter syndrome. Unlike talk therapy alone, EMDR helps you heal the emotional wounds that keep you underearning and undervaluing yourself.
Yes. I’m licensed in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois, and provide online EMDR therapy throughout all three states.
EMDR therapy length varies by individual. Some clients working with an EMDR therapist see shifts in 8-12 sessions while most benefit from longer-term work I also offer EMDR intensives for accelerated healing.
Yes. EMDR helps you process the beliefs and experiences that taught you to stay small, not ask for what you’re worth, and doubt your value. Clients often report feeling more confident negotiating, speaking up in meetings, and pursuing leadership opportunities after EMDR therapy.
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.