Writing & Presentations

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My work extends beyond the therapy room. Through writing, research, and presentations, I explore the deeper questions that shape clinical practice — how people heal, how relationships transform, and how experiential methods can open doors that talk alone cannot. 

The Quiet Work of Becoming: From Dream to Reality Daily Reflections on Growth, Healing, and Returning to Yourself

You don't need another book telling you how to fix yourself.

This book meets you exactly where you are — in the uncertainty, the starting over, the slow and unglamorous process of growth. Written by a psychotherapist, performer, and immigrant who learned resilience not from theory but from living it, these reflections don't offer prescriptions. They offer presence.

Read one section a day, or return to whatever speaks to you. There is no right way. Only your way. One page at a time. One breath at a time. One honest moment at a time.

 ▶ Watch the 30-second introduction on YouTube

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My doctoral research focuses on experiential and psychodynamic approaches in clinical practice — particularly the use of psychodrama with individuals, couples, and groups navigating trauma.

Psychodrama Group with Veterans: Explores psychodrama as a trauma-informed group intervention, supporting emotional processing, relational connection, and the integration of lived experience.

Psychodrama for Couples Therapy with Veterans: Examines the integration of psychodrama with Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), conceptualizing trauma as both an individual and relational experience — and exploring how experiential methods can deepen emotional engagement alongside evidence-based approaches.

Both papers are currently being prepared for journal submission.

Grand Challenge Symposium – Wurzweiler School of Social Work
April 2026

Topics presented:

• Psychodrama as a trauma-informed intervention 
• Experiential approaches to group and couples therapy 
• Trauma as both an individual and relational experience

I continue to explore:

• The integration of psychodynamic and experiential therapies 
• The role of embodiment and action methods in healing 
• Applications of psychodrama in individual sessions, couples therapy, and  group therapy 
• The connection between self-awareness, relationships, and transformation

I remain committed to contributing to the field through clinical practice, writing, and teaching—while continuing to learn from the individuals, couples, and groups I have the privilege to work with.