I know what it means
to be the kid
you're worried about.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, former IDF special operations veteran, Chicago Golden Gloves Champion, and BJJ Purple Belt. More than any of that — I'm someone who was once a struggling teenager who got a second chance because the right people showed up.
That's why I do this work. Not for the title or the credentials — because I've been on both sides of this, and I know the difference the right person can make.
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The path that made this work possible.
Loss, struggle, and the wrong path.
After losing someone close to me to suicide, I went down my own road of destructive behavior and substance use.
Sober. With the right people around me.
My family didn't give up. With the right support system, I got sober. That experience — of being pulled back from the edge by people who genuinely cared — shaped everything that came after.
Already working in the field.
I started working with individuals with mental illness, mentoring younger teens, and helping addicts get clean. I didn't wait for a degree. I jumped in.
From struggling student to therapist at the same school.
As a teenager, I was one of the kids falling behind. Years later, I became the therapist at that same therapeutic day school — sitting across from kids who were exactly where I had been.
Doing my own work. Childhood trauma and combat recovery.
You cannot help others heal if you have not done your own work. I spent years processing childhood trauma, loss, and later, combat experience from my time in the IDF. Healing is not a theory to me.
YAMAS — Elite Special Operations.
I left my career to serve in the Israel Defense Forces' YAMAS unit — the elite undercover special operations force (the unit the show Fauda is based on). Multiple combat deployments. A different kind of education.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
I came back, got my degree, and went to work. Clinical training built on top of lived experience. That combination is what makes this work different.
Concierge work. Real time, real outcomes.
Small caseload by design. More time per family than a standard practice ever allows. Working in Chicago and South Florida — in homes, in communities, wherever the work needs to happen.
"Every human has the capacity to be great. They just get stuck. They need guidance — and they need to find a sense of purpose and belonging to thrive."
The clinical system has its place — but it's not built for every person. Some kids need someone to show up in their world, not wait for them to show up in an office. That's the gap I fill.
See how I workNon-cookie-cutter. That's not marketing — it's the whole point.
Sessions happen where life happens — not in an office. A gym, a walk, a drive. Real context.
The whole system is addressed. A kid doesn't change if the home environment doesn't change.
I'll tell you what I see and what I think — not what's comfortable. That's what builds trust.
A standard hour a week does not work for everyone. I give each family the time, presence, and real-world support that creates actual change.