Clinical Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Social Work
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:
LCSW
My Approach to Helping
Sometimes taking care of ourselves is the hardest thing because our lives don't have therapy built in our day. We become masters at dealing with our struggles, depression, anxiety, and we never seem to get to a point where we are actually making a change. We see what we are doing isn't working yet we continue to do the same. Change can come from working in the present moment, working with some of the past, and working with the expectations lost and those still hoped for. With your commitment to the process of therapy we can work for changes.
More Info About My Practice
New: Professionals Group is group therapy for men and women in business ownership, upper management, medicine, sports, law, entertainment, education and other performance driven fields who are experiencing difficulty managing their career and relationships because of psychiatric disorders, demands and stressors.
The power of the group is within the members itself who understand better than anyone the experience of dealing with the professional demands or losses and mental health issues. The group is for professionals new to the group experience, who know they need some help but want alternative to individual therapy, or who have been in treatment elsewhere, but have not made the desired progress and are experiencing:
Depressive disorders, Anxiety or panic disorders
Mood disorders, Bipolar
Burnout, compassion fatigue and stress
Career decisions and transitions, Loss of job personally
or partner's lost job; changing to primary caregiver
in the home
Impaired ability to perform job tasks at usual pace,
impaired concentration, exhaustion
Need to set boundaries with job and life
The group is a supportive, casual, relaxed environment. The chief objective of the group process is to provide a safe environment in which you can share , reflect and scrutinize your problems, your belief systems and the effects of your behavior. The group also provides a means for you to integrate new and positive experiences, practice new skills and reassess them in relationships with others.
Initial screening: The initial meeting will be to determine whether the professional is a good match for the group. This includes a time to answer any questions about the group, 30 to 45 minutes, $20. The group meets weekly, 45 to 60 minutes, $80 per group.
