Marriage & Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, Social Work
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:
LMFT
License Number:
LF00002379
My Approach to Helping
I believe an effective therapist believes that everyone can change and grow and is able to feel respect for whatever a client is experiencing. I see the most effective insights and true healing in therapy as coming from within the client. The therapist's job is to help clients access their inner world and experience their inner wisdom or "core" self. They need to learn to use this non-traumatized part of themselves to nurture and heal their wounded parts so that these immature parts will no longer take over and run their lives. In addition to working collaboratively, I feel it is essential that I am honest with clients and ask I them to be honest with me. I don't see a lot of difference between development of the self and spirituality or development of the soul. I believe the modality that successfully serves both is mindfulness. Finally, I use strategies that are based on replicated research showing that they are effective in addressing client goals. When compared with other modalities, Cognitive Behavior Therapy has been shown to be the most effective. In couple therapy, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy has proven most effective.
More Info About My Practice
I have taught post-graduate courses for teachers and counselors for 22 years. I have been a clinical instructor and supervisor of counselors at three universities. I have counseled children and adolescents for 14 years. I have written 13 books for counselors and teachers to use in their work with youth. The interventions I have recommended have had excellent research results and my books are now in the Washington State Bank of Proven Practice. I have been a marriage and family counselor for 10 years. My age and experience provide me with the ability to connect with most individuals and a comfort level and familiarity with most problems.
Services I Provide
Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Family Therapy
Distance or Phone Therapy
Home-Based Therapy
Ages I Work With
Children
Teens
Adults
Languages I Speak
English
Groups I Work With
School teachers, children with attention,learning or friendship problems, military service personnal, there spouses, children, and extended families, Individuals experiencing chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and fibermyalgia as well as their partners and families
Therapy Approaches I Use
Anger Management
Autogenic Training
Biofeedback / Neurofeedback
Body-Mind Psychotherapy
Breathwork
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
Contemplative Psychotherapy
Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
Existential Psychotherapy
Family Systems Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Gottman Method
Guided Therapeutic Imagery
Imago Relationship Therapy
Internal Family Systems Therapy
Mindfulness Based Approaches
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Neurofeedback
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Parent Work
Play Therapy
Positive Psychotherapy
Reichian Breathwork
Sand Tray / Sand Play Therapy
Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Systems Theory /Therapy
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Integration of different therapy models
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