Additional Concerns I Treat: Support for Children, Teens, and Young Adults

As a licensed clinical psychologist in Richmond, VA, I provide warm, compassionate, and highly individualized treatment for individuals and families from age 4 through young adulthood. In addition to specializing in anxiety, OCD, and autism assessment, I also help clients navigate several related concerns that often appear alongside anxiety or impact daily functioning.

My approach is supportive, evidence-based, and tailored to each person’s developmental stage, strengths, and goals.

Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, and Phobias

I work with clients experiencing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, and specific phobias. These conditions often lead to excessive worry, avoidance, physical symptoms of stress, and difficulty engaging in daily activities. I help children, teens, and young adults understand the mechanisms that maintain their anxiety, build effective coping skills, and gradually face feared situations using supportive, individualized strategies. Treatment focuses on reducing avoidance, strengthening confidence, and helping clients reconnect with the activities, people, and goals that matter most.

Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)

I work with children, teens, and young adults experiencing Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, including skin-picking (excoriation disorder) and hair-pulling (trichotillomania). Treatment focuses on increasing awareness, reducing triggers, and building healthy, sustainable coping strategies.

Tic Disorders and Tourette’s

I provide Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) for children with tic disorders and Tourette’s. This treatment helps reduce tic frequency and intensity while improving daily functioning. I match the approach to each client’s unique needs and developmental level.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

I also treat Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a condition in which individuals become excessively preoccupied with perceived flaws in their appearance. BDD can lead to significant distress, avoidance, and time-consuming behaviors such as mirror checking, comparing, or seeking reassurance. My approach helps individuals reduce compulsive behaviors, challenge distorted beliefs, and build a healthier, more compassionate relationship with their body and self-image.

Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating

I support children, teens, and young adults who are struggling with eating disorders or patterns of disordered eating. My approach is multi-disciplinary, in that I collaborate closely with dieticians, nutritionists, psychiatrists, and physicians. I use both cognitive-behavioral and family-based approaches to help clients improve daily functioning and reduce disordered eating behaviors and thoughts. I only work with medically stable clients, as I only provide services on an outpatient basis.

Evidence-Based Modalities I Use

I rely on gold-standard, research-supported therapies and tailor treatment to each client’s needs:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

• Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

• Habit Reversal Training (HRT)

• Family-Based Therapy (FBT)

These approaches help clients develop insight, strengthen coping skills, change unhelpful patterns, and improve overall wellbeing.