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

My Approach to Helping

By offering a safe and non-judgmental attitude, I help clients gain insight to the various issues affecting thier life. I help clients examine existing patterns of behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and emotions that have now become ineffective. Clients seek my help for issues that range from self-awareness, relationships, stress, medical illness, and many other relational and self improvement issues. Helping clients learn new or better strategies and solutions, clients can attain desired goals.

One of the goals most people present for seeking therapy is to change patterns of behaviors and thoughts that seem to interfere with daily life and with relationships. Another issues clients seek my help is for the "stressors" stemming from daily life. Stress can overwhelm a person and his/her relationships. Stress also increases once a person is diagnosed with a medical condition. As a "Medical Family Therapist", I can help the person with a medical illness and thier family learn how to cope with the stress that now seems to be infringing in the family/couple system.

 

More Info About My Practice

I am an "In-Network" Provider on most insurance and EAP panels. Please call your insurance provider to get further information.
Please call my office to make an appointment and leave your name, phone numbers, date of your call, and reasons for seeking my services. This is a confidential voice messaging system. I will return your call within 24 hours.
I have presented workshops in the South Florida area on a variety of issues, both in English and in Spanish. I have had a 2-part article published in a local magazine on "Couples' Communication, and Changes in Patterns of Behaviors". I have been interviewed on radio stations on (1) - "Women and Anger" and (2) - "Cancer, Emotions, and Changes in the Family" in Spanish.
My varied backround in many work-fields and life experiences provides me with insight and understanding to help my clients improve thier life, relationships, work situation, and to learn coping strategies.

 

Importance of the Client-Therapist Alliance

I will start answering this question by changing the word "Why" and replacing it with "What". What is the therapeutic relationship helps you understand that this relationship is built on many "trust".

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Coaching
• Consultation
• Home-Based Therapy
• Other

Ages I Work With

• Teens
• Adults

Languages I Speak

• English
• Spanish

Groups I Work With

Women's Identity during and post divorce, Women's issues post-addiction and recovery phase, Relaxation/Meditation, Families coping with illness

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Breathwork
• Clean Language, Symbolic Modeling, & Metaphor Therapy
• Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
• Constructivisim
• Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Focusing
• Gottman Method
• Guided Therapeutic Imagery
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Internal Family Systems
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Narrative Therapy
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Relationship Enhancement Therapy
• Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
• Self Acceptance Training
• Self Relations
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

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