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My Approach to Helping

I believe that deep inside of all of us are the answers to our own dilemmas, questions, and growth. My job is to facilitate this process of discovery which produces it's own unique, new, and life changing forward steps. Every human being is unique so I feel it is important to draw from a wide variety of approaches and traditions. I draw from the training in, and practice of Transpersonal (spiritual) Psychotherapy, Relational-Self Psychology, Focusing, EMDR, CDOI, Process Orientated Psychotherapy, Marriage and Family Therapy, Group Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy. I understand that within the problems and conundrums that bring people into therapy such as anxiety, depression, addictions, feelings of isolation, problems in assertion and self esteem, that implicit in these problems are the answers because every problem has within it it's own forward movement. I feel that problems we have in our lives are important messages from 'a deeper part of the self that is trying to get heard, perhaps parts that have been ignored, shunned and abandoned. In my work I help to make contact with these sometimes problematic and often hurt parts by building a relationship in which there is safety, trust, and freedom. My experience has been that this brings surprising insights, shifts and healing. As our difficult places become known and slowly accepted they become integrated and we become more whole, actualized, and present as people. This new relationship with our deeper, greater 'more' inside brings fresh new life, a sense of being at home, and the ability to move forward.

 

More Info About My Practice

In addition to my private practice I am also: Clinical Director of an acclaimed New York State Social Work agency, CHDFS. Lecturer in Social Work at Columbia School of Social Work, NYC. On the faculty of Focusing Oriented Relational Psychotherapy training program, NYC, where I teach and supervise. Trainer and teacher for The Focusing Institute, the international organization for the teaching and training of Focusing and Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy. I also conduct workshops both nationally and internationally.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Consultation
• Clinical Supervision
• Online Counseling / Phone Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

I work with individuals (adults, teens, and children), couples, families and group therapy. I also supervise and teach other psychotherapists and give workshops both nationally and internationally.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Art Therapy
• Body Psychotherapy
• Body Talk System
• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Contemplative Psychotherapy
• Creative Art Therapy
• Depth Therapy
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Family Constellations
• Family Systems Therapy
• Focusing
• Gestalt Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Humanistic Psychology
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Jungian Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Object Relations
• Parent Work
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Play Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Sand Tray / Sand Play Therapy
• Self Psychology
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Soul-Centered Psychiatry
• Transpersonal Psychotherapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Identity Issues
• Attachment
• Trauma
• Abuse: Emotional, Physical, or Sexual
• Addictions & Compulsions
• Life Changes
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Family Problems
• Social Skills & Problems
• Health & Body
• Emotion Management
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Relationships & Marriage
• Depression & Mood
• Reproduction
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Self-Harm & Suicide