Training and Experience

Employment

2024-present Clinical Research Director
HabitAware, Inc.

2024-present Research Staff
Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital

2018-present Licensed Psychologist
Private Practice

2017-2024 Staff Psychologist (Clinical and Research)
Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital

2020-2024 Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School

2017-2020 Instructor in Psychology
Harvard Medical School

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

2016-2017 Postdoctoral fellow
Harvard Medical School & MGH Center for OCD and Related Disorders

• Delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for OCD, BDD, body-focused repetitive behaviors, anxiety disorders, and tic disorders while receiving expert supervision

2015-2016 Predoctoral fellow
Harvard Medical School & MGH Center for OCD and Related Disorders

• Yearlong full-time intensive clinical training
• Delivered cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure with response prevention for OCD, BDD, OC-related disorders, anxiety disorders, and broad psychiatric conditions, while receiving expert supervision
• Study therapist providing CBT for BDD on NIH-funded trial supervised by Dr. Sabine Wilhelm
• Co-led dialectical behavior therapy group
• Psych triage in MGH Emergency Department’s Acute Psychiatry Service

Advanced Clinical Training

2014-2015 Clinical Psychology Resident
Inova Hospital Outpatient Adult Clinic

• Delivered supervised outpatient psychotherapy to adults with wide-ranging mental health conditions including psychosis, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders

2014-2015 Clinical Psychology Resident
Inova Hospital & Pediatric Specialists of Virginia Pediatric Endocrine Clinic

• Clinical psychology resident
• Used CBT and motivational interviewing to help children and their families to effectively manage Type I diabetes in collaboration with their endocrinology team

2013-2015 Clinical Psychology Graduate Extern
Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington

• Received deep specialized training in CBT (CoMB) for body-focused repetitive behaviors like hair pulling and skin picking, supervised by experts
• Completed Trichotillomania Learning Center’s (TLC) Professional Training Institute
• Study therapist delivering CBT for hair pulling (trichotillomania)
• Obtained specialized training in treating emetophobia (fear of vomit)
• Delivered in-home CBT for hoarding disorder and OCD
• Co-led group CBT for hoarding disorder 

2011-2015 Graduate Student Therapist and Assessor
George Mason University Center for Psychological Services

• Provided psychodiagnostic and neuropsychiatric assessments across the lifespan
• Developed and co-led CBT and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) groups for anxiety disorders
• Delivered evidence-based therapy for broad psychological disorders across the lifespan