As an integrative relational-dynamic therapists, I think about people as they relate to themselves and to others as the context of what it means to be a person and our mental health. From this, I integrate various therapeutic techniques from CBT, DBT, Gestalt, IFS, existential and more. I worked at UPMC's Western Psychiatric Hospital for over a decade including trauma and personality disorders, bipolar disorder, and eating disorders (primarily anorexia). My final title at UPMC was senior program director. Since then, I opened a practice group with therapists and psychiatric medications management, and Author our blog.