Updates
2024 Speaking Series at the World Bank
In 2024, I was honored to be invited to deliver a three-part internal speaking series for The World Bank Group, designed to support employees navigating stress both at work and at home. Each talk explored the intersection of mental health, nervous system care, and sustainable wellbeing—particularly for those balancing caregiving, leadership, and personal growth.
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Topics included:
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Supporting Mental Health for Career Women: Self-Reflection and Nervous System Care
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Resilient Parenting: Supporting Our Children by Focusing on Our Own Stress, Loneliness, and Anxiety
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Caring for Ourselves: Finding Balance in a Stressful World
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This series focused on helping those who care for others—professionally or personally—reconnect with their own needs and resilience. From my small office in Kensington, Maryland, it was a privilege to bring these conversations to a global audience—proof that meaningful mental health work can start anywhere and reach far.
The Other Side of Out-of-Network Care
Many out-of-network therapists provide superbills for clients to handle reimbursement on their own. I take a more hands-on approach by submitting claims directly to all major insurance carriers, track reimbursement issues, and spend time on the phone (yes, sometimes for hours) when something goes wrong.
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It’s quiet work, rarely seen—but it matters. I do it because I believe that accessing mental health care shouldn’t come with unnecessary stress. This is one way I advocate for my clients, even when I’m not in the room with them—because I know that out-of-network care is an investment, and I want that investment to go as far as it can.
Behind the Scenes: What Advocacy Looks Like in Private Practice
Not all advocacy happens on a stage. Sometimes it looks like resubmitting the same claim nearly ten times, or challenging an insurance company that approved a service—then revoked authorization after the fact. After six months of documentation and persistence, the claims were finally approved and resolved!​
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I’ve also helped clients access coverage they didn’t realize was available to them, removing barriers to care in a system that often feels stacked against them. And behind the scenes, I continue adapting therapy models to better reflect the lived experiences of neurodivergent children and their families.
The work I do outside of session is grounded in the same values that guide my clinical work: fairness, access, and a clear-eyed view of the systems my clients have to navigate.
Still Committed to Access: Maryland Medicaid Participation
It’s not new, but it matters. I continue to participate in Maryland’s Public Behavioral Health System as a Medicaid provider, in alignment with my commitment to equity and accessibility. This reflects the core values of my profession and of my practice.
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Providing care through Medicaid is one way I strive to reduce barriers and promote justice, as called for in the social work code of ethics. It remains an essential part of how I show up for the communities I serve.
10410 Kensington Parkway
Suite, 303
Kensington, MD
Tel: 301-485-9793
(confidential voicemail)