Good Start Therapy Mental Health Counseling, PLLC

I believe each person’s individual experiences are vital to the therapy journey. With that in mind, I invite you to utilize your personal experiences and natural creativity as the primary tools to find positive, quick and long-lasting solutions to problems.

I embrace cultural diversity and truly respect people’s differences. People of all genders, sexualities, religion affiliations, and cultural backgrounds will find a friendly and warm atmosphere when meeting with me at Good Start Therapy.

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I enjoy the holistic and integrative approaches to psychotherapy. The holistic view helps us become more awake and balanced in our daily life, and in-tune with our emotions, thoughts, physical experiences and spiritual senses. The integrative view of psychotherapy blends clinical interventions of various psychotherapy schools and looks at each individual as unique. It yields fulfilling results and opens doors to positive and effective life changes.

I have been trained to work with adults struggling with mood changes, sadness, anger, anxiety, stress, trauma and depression.

It is a great honor for me to be a graduate of Goddard College, in Vermont, where I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Counseling. I also hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Crisis Intervention from the Empire State College, State University of New York.

Currently, I am attending the NYU one-year Post-Master’s Continuing Education Program in Advanced Clinical Practice.

On a special note, I feel fortunate for having also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC where I completed a two-year Certificate Program in Acting for Theater.

Since 2014, I have been working as the Program Director for The Door, a Center of Alternatives, in the supportive housing program for the mentally challenged young adult ages 18-24. I have also worked for various substance use treatment centers, private psychotherapy clinics and homeless shelters in New York and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

I provide therapy in English and Portuguese.