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. As a researcher, I seek to understand how adaptation and recovery unfold following trauma and other significant life challenges, with a particular focus on PTSD prevention and early intervention. Increasingly, this work draws on nonlinear dynamical systems and complex adaptive systems approaches to understand how interactions between individuals and their environments shape recovery trajectories.

I am also a licensed psychologist in Washington State and am trained in Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). My clinical experience in trauma and rehabilitation psychology continues to inform my scientific work, and my research seeks to directly improve the practice of supporting and improving adaptation, recovery, and performance.

How I Work

My approach emphasizes partnership. Researchers bring expertise in study design, data collection, and analysis, while individuals and organizations bring equally valuable expertise about their experiences, priorities, constraints, and contexts. I firmly believe that the most effective and impactful research is conducted with, rather than on, the people and organizations it seeks to help.