I hold a Certificate in Serving Veterans Behavioral Health from the Center for Deployment Psychology that has provided me with training in military culture and deployment-spectrum behavioral health concerns facing the military population. I am sensitive to the many barriers that Veterans, servicemembers, and their military families face when seeking out mental health services including stigma, career advancement, access (wait times), transportation, warrior ethos, financial burdens and more.

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Additionally, I have completed the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Training Program at the VA in Palo Alto, California, which sparked my interest in working with those who have served our country. I was not only able to observe many of the men’s residential group meetings, but I had the opportunity to actively participate in some of the activities as well. I was moved by their stories and their bravery but was indeed saddened to see our younger OEF / OIF Veterans, alongside Vietnam Veterans who were still suffering from the effects of trauma more than 40 years later. It was then I knew that I wanted to work with this underserved population, and am honored to help those who have defended our country heal.