She obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, and has provided psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, and children in inpatient, outpatient, and intensive day program settings as well as in schools and community clinics. In her clinical practice, she draws from psychodynamic psychotherapy, mindfulness techniques, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Her research interests include trauma narrativization and intergenerational transmission of historical trauma, with a focus on Stalinist deportations to Siberia and the Arctic.