Compassionate Psychology for Children and Adults
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I am a licensed psychologist, researcher, educator and para-athlete who is also legally blind. My professional identity and lived experience are closely connected. Rather than studying vision rehabilitation from a distance, I have experienced many of the same challenges that my research and clinical work address.
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I am driven less by diagnosing problems than by understanding how people reconstruct a meaningful life after vision loss. My interests revolve around adaptation, identity, resilience, and the subjective experience of disability.
What I do
Who I work with
For more than 20 years, I have provided psychological assessment and treatment for school-aged children and adults of all ages.
Why Vision Rehabilitation
I explore and examine research on vision rehabilitation, particularly around concepts such as response shift, adaptation, quality of life, and meaning-making.
What Matters Most to Me
I am interested in ensuring that rehabilitation measures capture not only functional improvement but also changes in how people evaluate their lives.
Community
I enjoy educating others through presentations and writing, helping professionals and people with vision loss better understand the psychological process of adaptation.
I am a co-author on academic  papers including literature reviews that attempt to bridge psychology, rehabilitation, philosophy of science, and disability studies.
As an Author
As a dragon boat racer and avid runner, I practice adaptation and live my personal passions fully.Â
As a Para-Athlete
Overall, I attempt to connect theory with real human experience rather than treating rehabilitation as simply restoring function.