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

My Approach to Helping

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a relational process. When your discomfort reaches critical mass it may be time to step out of your isolation by forming a therapeutic alliance. The pull toward therapy reflects an activated inner voice telling you there must be relief from discomfort and hopelessness, more positive experience to be found, more to give, and more to be received in life. A good therapeutic connection is felt by each person in the collaboration. Safety and trust gain strength through experience. The process is organic and can only be nourished, never forced. Mutual commitment to the process is essential. Within such creative collaboration there is enough time and space for you to discover the barriers (some self-imposed and some environmental) which are blocking essential aspects of your "self". Often these barriers have roots in earlier times and are surprisingly eager to retreat after getting the attention they deserve. After all, they served an important function in some earlier time.

 

More Info About My Practice

Having had the honor of participating in therapeutic relationships during the past thirty years I can attest to the value of collaboration in the creation of growth and healing. Because some of my roots are in the arts I have developed numerous ways of incorporating active processes based in theater arts, music, literary arts, and movement in a psychotherapy studio designed for this work. When these resources seem useful, they are available to individuals, partners, groups and families and can be incorporated into on-going work. CREATIVE ENERGY IS HEALING ENERGY.

Services I Provide

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

Ages I Work With

• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English
• French

Groups I Work With

Individuals struggling with depression and/or anxiet, Individuals and partners in recovery from relationship strain or crisis, Family Business Partners, Artists, Individuals in life transitions, Members of the clergy, Women religious, Partnerships impacted by sexual addictions, Individuals impacted by betrayal of trust in a partnership, Young adults struggling with life choices, self-sufficiency, and autonomy

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Creative Art Therapy
• Drama Therapy
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Emotion Focused Therapy
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Non-Violent Communication
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy
• Voice Dialogue

Concerns & Issues I Help With

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