Vanessa brings her knowledge, wisdom, & experience in working with families on a holistic level. She believes in treating the entire family system by providing psychoeducation on mental health & generational trauma particularly in black and brown communities via Cognitive Behavioral, Solution Focused & Psychodynamic Therapies.

She is also passionate about working with fatherless daughters in helping them to increase their self-esteem, self-worth, and heal from rejection & abandonment. Vanessa loves hosting community-based workshops to foster healthy relationships between fathers and daughters. She has been also successful in implementing this approach during family therapy.
Her overall approach is strength-based as she believes you can always find the positive in a person and situation and use those attributes to overcome and move forward.

Vanessa has been a Licensed Masters Social Worker who has worked in the field for over 15 years. She obtained her Master’s Degree from Fordham University in New York City. She studied Social Work with a specialization in Social Work & The Law as her passion has always been to work with the juvenile population.