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

My Approach to Helping

My approach to psychotherapy is open and collaborative, drawing on person-centered and relational schools of psychology. My core understanding is that unhealthy patterns of thinking, feeling, or behaving originate in the mind/body's attempt to compensate for stresses or traumatic events that are overwhelming. Often, these events have occurred at a very young age and are not consciously recollected. Since our minds and personalities form in relationship to others, it follows that a present and attuned therapeutic relationship can be an effective tool to help bring these unhealthy processes to light, and thereby help to change them.

 

Services I Provide

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

Ages I Work With

• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English
• Spanish

Groups I Work With

I work with people of all ages and backgrounds, but I often work with survivors of trauma (both genders), men who are experiencing isolation or identity confusion, persons experiencing career or financial difficulties, and persons or couples from other cultures experiencing adjustment difficulties.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Adlerian Psychotherapy
• Control Mastery Theory
• Focusing
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Narrative Therapy
• Object Relations
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Relational Psychotherapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

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