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

My Approach to Helping

I provide therapy for those who wish to create changes in their lives and relationships that are longlasting and positive. I offer safe compassionate and supportive counseling in an atmosphere that deepens understanding, promotes healing, and releases potential.

Unresolved emotional issues can stifle creativity, confidence, ambition, and our ability for good relationships. Trauma and loss can cause sadness, depression and pain that inhibit and block.

My style of therapy is empathic and respectful of personal values and lifestyles. I use interactive talk therapy and other appropriate techniques, such as EMDR. The presenting problems are first alleviated. Profound change and personal growth are then able to take place through understanding and healing of the deeper underlying issues.

My specialties include:

* Depression / Anxiety
* Grief / Loss / Bereavement
* Effects of Childhood Abuse / Trauma / PTSD
* Sex and Love Addiction / Sexuality
* Social anxiety / Self-esteem / Shyness
* Relationship Issues / Group Therapy
* Couples Counseling
* Divorce / Co-parenting
* Family Therapy / Child Therapy

 

More Info About My Practice

Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions, or wish to make an initial appointment. If we can't work together for any reason, I will do my best to provide appropriate referrals.

I am available days, evenings, and Saturdays and offer a sliding scale.

I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist . Originally from England, I received my BA degree in Psychology at Stanford University and my MA degree from New College in San Francisco. I have worked in the fields of individual, couple, family and group counseling, crisis prevention, child advocacy and shyness research since 1993.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Coaching
• Consultation
• Online Counseling / Phone Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Sex addiction

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Contemplative Psychotherapy
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Family Systems Therapy
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Humanistic Psychology
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Integral Psychotherapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Non-Violent Communication
• Object Relations
• Parent Work
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Play Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Positive Psychotherapy
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
• Self Psychology
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Somatic Psychotherapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

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