Helping People Find Therapists & Advocating for Ethical and Healthy Therapy & Marriage Counseling Practices

My Approach to Helping

I consider the counseling relationship to be a partnership in which one seeks an understanding of the stressors that are affecting their life, and learns of strategies that will help alleviate those stressors. Since this partnership is based upon trust and mutual respect, it is important for the client to meet a professiona who best meets those needs. I use a variety of counseling techniques and modalities developed from my long career as a clinical social worker. I apply those techniques that best "fit" each individual issue and only with the active participation of the client. The counseling relationship is only the beginning - the real work begins when the client leaves the office and applies the knowledge, understanding and the "tools" learned in the therapy office. Visit me online to read more of how I work.

 

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Consultation

Ages I Work With

• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Addictions including "process" addictions such as gambling, pornography, work, spending, love and sex, and codependency; trauma including PTSD; individuals with significant loss (death, job, etc.); anxiety (including panic and phobias); depression.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Breathwork
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Energy Psychology
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Focusing
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Reality Therapy
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy
• Thought Field Therapy
• Transactional Analysis
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

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