About

Background

I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2022, after which I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in trauma psychology through the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience. I then worked as a rehabilitation psychologist and researcher at the University of Washington School of Medicine and am now an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin.

These experiences have continually reinforced the central question that guides my work: how do some people successfully adapt following adversity while others develop persistent difficulties?

Research and Practice

My work sits at the intersection of research and practice. My research seeks to understand how adaptation and recovery unfold following trauma and other significant life challenges, with a particular focus on PTSD prevention and early intervention. I draw heavily on nonlinear dynamical systems and complex adaptive systems approaches to better understand how interactions between individuals and their environments shape recovery trajectories.

I am also a licensed psychologist (Washington State) with expertise in trauma and rehabilitation psychology. I have extensive experience delivering evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions to individuals, groups, and organizations across military, emergency response, medical, and community health settings. My clinical work has helped people and teams adapt to and recover from adversity, improve their health and well-being, and perform well under pressure.

My clinical training and experiences continually shape my research, grounding my questions in the realities people and organizations face, and my research in turn seeks to generate new knowledge and strategies for how to best help people, teams, and organizations adapt, perform, and grow.

How I Work

My approach to both research and consultation is built on collaboration: I believe the best research and the best solutions are developed in close partnership with the people, teams, and organizations who will use them. In every project, I bring expertise in designing studies and evaluations, analyzing data, and translating evidence into practice. My partners bring expertise of their own, providing invaluable knowledge of their field, their people, and the contexts in which they work. Together, we define the key questions, needs, and goals, test ideas against real-world constraints, and adjust as we learn, so that the resulting work is realistic, effective, and sustainable.