Virtual Therapy for Women and Teens – Covered by Insurance 💙🌊
Many of the women I work with come to me carrying different struggles—trauma, eating issues, or the weight of chronic illness and pain. On the surface these may seem unrelated, but the deeper experiences overlap: a loss of trust in your own body, shame and self-blame that won’t let up, and a constant pressure to push through when you’re already exhausted. Trauma survivors often feel unsafe in their bodies, just as those battling eating disorders or chronic illness do. Both pain and food can become battlegrounds, fueled by perfectionism, isolation, and the belief that you are “too much” or “not enough.”
Therapy with me is about breaking those cycles. Together, we’ll work on rebuilding trust in yourself, learning tools to regulate emotions, and creating more compassion for your body and mind—so you can stop just surviving and start living with more balance, freedom, and connection.
Licensed to practice in Florida and Illinois.
I’m committed to making quality therapy accessible by accepting most major insurance plans (excluding Medicaid) and offering self-pay options. I currently see patients ages 14 and up through virtual therapy, ensuring you can get the support you need—covered by insurance. No barriers, just care that fits your life.
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Our Services
I specialize in virtual therapy for teens and women navigating complex PTSD, eating disorders, and the challenges of chronic illness and pain. My approach is warm, validating, and rooted in evidence-based care. I draw from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT), and Schema Therapy to help you manage emotions, break unhelpful patterns, and build healthier connections with yourself and others. Whether you’re struggling with trauma, perfectionism, or feeling stuck in the same painful cycles, we’ll work together to create meaningful, lasting change.
Schema Therapy
What is Schema Therapy?
Schema Therapy is a powerful approach for people who feel like they keep repeating the same painful patterns in relationships, self-esteem, or life choices—no matter how hard they try to change. Schemas are deep, core beliefs formed in childhood that shape how you see yourself, others, and the world. When these beliefs are negative—like “I’m not good enough,” “I’ll always be a burden,” or “I have to be perfect to be loved”—they can cause cycles of self-sabotage, emotional pain, and unhealthy relationships. Schema Therapy helps identify these patterns, trace them back to where they began, and gradually build healthier ways of thinking, feeling, and coping.
This approach is especially effective for individuals dealing with complex PTSD and trauma histories, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, chronic depression, anxiety, and those adjusting to life transitions or chronic illness and pain. It helps untangle core beliefs that fuel shame, perfectionism, and self-criticism, and replaces them with more balanced and compassionate perspectives.
With Schema Therapy, you’ll not only learn skills to manage the present but also begin healing the root causes of long-standing emotional pain—allowing you to build a life that feels more authentic, balanced, and fulfilling.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
What is Individual DBT Skills Training?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based therapy created for people who often feel like their emotions take over—leading to outbursts, shutdowns, or relationship struggles. DBT is especially helpful if you feel too reactive, too sensitive, or stuck in all-or-nothing thinking. The skills focus on mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, which together help you slow down before spiraling, communicate without guilt or withdrawal, and manage overwhelming feelings without needing to numb or explode.
DBT has been shown to be particularly effective for individuals with complex PTSD and trauma, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, and people navigating stressful life transitions or chronic illness. The skills can be applied whether you’re managing flashbacks, food struggles, panic, grief, or the burnout of long-term health conditions.
With the right tools and support, DBT helps people break cycles of emotional reactivity, manage the stress of health and life changes, and build a stronger sense of self-worth that isn’t tied to perfectionism, productivity, or other people’s expectations.
Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT)
What is RO-DBT?
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is an evidence-based therapy designed for people who struggle with being overly controlled. Overcontrol often looks like perfectionism, rigid routines, emotional inhibition, or difficulty relaxing and connecting with others. While self-control is usually a strength, too much of it can cause loneliness, chronic dissatisfaction, and feeling “trapped” in your own high standards. RO-DBT helps people balance discipline with flexibility by teaching skills to increase openness, emotional expression, and authentic social connection while still providing structure and practical coping tools.
This approach has been shown to be especially effective for individuals with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, chronic depression, anxiety, complex PTSD, and those facing life transitions or the emotional toll of chronic illness and pain. Many clients who identify as “Type A” or perfectionistic benefit from RO-DBT’s focus on openness, connection, and learning to soften rigid self-demands.
By targeting overcontrol, RO-DBT helps people reduce isolation, increase emotional support, and find more balance—making room for joy, rest, and connection even during difficult health or life challenges.
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Crisis and Immediate Help
If you are in crisis or need immediate help, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. You can also call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 for support.