Hi, I’m Sasha.

I’m a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with over a decade of experience. I trained at Vanderbilt University’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, graduated at the top of my class, and received the Outstanding Student Award. I’ve worked with ketamine since 2017, learning from pioneering practitioners in the San Francisco Bay Area. No two people are alike and no two treatment plans are identical — I tailor care to each patient, blending psychiatry with a real commitment to understanding the whole person: mind, body, and spirit.

My work spans psychopharmacology, ketamine-assisted therapy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation, and my published work on combining TMS with psychotherapy contributed to how the field understands that pairing. I have particular expertise with people who have been labeled “treatment-resistant” — those who have exhausted antidepressants and talk therapy without getting where they hoped to go. I also bring specialized understanding to perinatal and postpartum care, honoring the unique challenges of those transitions.

I approach every interaction as an opportunity for therapeutic healing, drawing on Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, and meditation practices. I consider the whole person while acknowledging how much systemic factors shape mental health, and I’m particularly committed to providing safe, affirming care for women, transgender, non-binary, and AFAB individuals.

I’m a Washington, DC native, and my approach has been shaped by time spent living abroad — a year in Spain, where I gained Spanish fluency, and a year of travel that taught me how differently mental health is experienced and expressed across cultures. Outside the practice, I share my love of adventure with my husband and two toddlers, find renewal in nature, and believe in the healing power of community.