Have you and your partner stopped communicating? Are you stuck, arguing in circles about the same issues? Are you more distant from the love that initially brought you together? Do you fear you have fallen out of love? Or your partner has? Let me reassure you---these are common concerns and you are not alone. My specialty is working with couples and divorce prevention. With compassion, I show couples how to rediscover the magic that brought them together and build on that. Whatever the issue, communication problems, an affair, alcohol or drug problems, sexual concerns...I strongly believe that most issues between couples can be resolved with care, attention and a plan! I am listed on a registry for expert marital therapists called the "Marriage Friendly Registry". That means that I help couples save their marriage, if that is what they want, rather than taking a purely neutral stance (that most therapists take). Research shows that marriage is too important for well-being to be ended prematurely, so I support couples who still wish to try to save their marriage, to work through their issues, and reclaim their marriage. I am an expert in the common situation where one partner is more motivated than the other, or only one partner is willing to come. Even if your partner is unwilling, it is important that you take the first step to show him or her how serious you are about improving the relationship. The sooner you make the decision to get started in therapy, the better. Most couples wait too long and wished they hadn't. After 25 years of experience and many successes, I can say it's never too late to save your marriage! I show couples, with support and confidence, the necessary steps they need to heal.
More Info About My Practice
For drug and alcohol issues, be sure to pick a therapist with solid experience in this area. It is difficult for couples to deal with these issues on their own and many therapists are not trained in this area. I have held senior clinical and supervisory positions at four drug and alcohol treatment programs in the Bay Area and I have worked in the chemical dependency field for most of my career. I have also worked with many gay men at various life stages.
Services I Provide
Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Coaching
Consultation
Ages I Work With
Adults
Elders
Languages I Speak
English
Groups I Work With
dual career couples, couples on the brink of divorce, clients struggling with addictions, clients with medical issues or chronic pain, gay and lesbian clients, sexual issues, executives, professionals.
Therapy Approaches I Use
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Adlerian Psychotherapy
Anger Management
Body-Mind Psychotherapy
Body Psychotherapy
Breathwork
Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
Depth Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
Emotional Freedom Technique
Existential Psychotherapy
Energy Psychology
Family Systems Therapy
Feminist Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Gottman Method
Guided Therapeutic Imagery
Holistic Psychotherapy
Humanistic Psychology
Imago Relationship Therapy
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
Interpersonal Nuerobiology
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Mindfulness Based Approaches
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Non-Violent Communication
Object Relations
Parent Work
Positive Psychology
Positive Psychotherapy
Process Oriented Psychology
Psychodrama
Psychodynamic
Reality Therapy
Relationship Enhancement Therapy
Self Psychology
Solution Focused Therapy
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Psychotherapy
Systems Theory /Therapy
Transactional Analysis
Integration of different therapy models
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