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

My Approach to Helping

I work with people who are experiencing many different kinds of difficulties and emotional challenges. many of the people I see have experienced some kind of trauma such as emotional and physical abuse, medical problems, traffic accident, family problems, bereavement and loss. I help people regain a sense of control after periods of overwhelm and trauma. I work collaboratively, bringing a spacious and non-judgmental attitude together with experience and respect for people's efforts to live the best life they have been able to. I help people to find their own way, establishing ways to calm and find stability, befriending the body and nurturing self respect and a sense of integrity.

 

 

Importance of the Client-Therapist Alliance

Therapy for me is about making repairs, helping my clients regain/ gain a sense of personal empowerment often after overwhelm and traumatic experiences where being over powered/ overwhelmed is a key part of what brings people to therapy. As a therapist I place a great deal of importance in the way we build the therapeutic relationship, one in which repairs can occur and my clients can experience more of who they are, more vitality, meaningfulness, satisfaction, healing and the experience of being whole heartedly supported.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Group Therapy
• Clinical Supervision
• Online Counseling / Phone Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

People who are facing challemges that are overwhelming, painful and difficult to cope with alone. People who are feeling overwhelmed by emotional and physical pain and who have trauma in their past and want help to move on whether it be from medical problems, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, bereavement and family/marital problems. And support for ... friends and family of trauma survivors and their professional caregivers People who are strong givers/care givers, who having held everyone else together are fearing they are falling apart. People who are trying to change the world and getting worn out, e.g. care givers, emergency responders, teachers, therapists, nurses, doctors.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Body Psychotherapy
• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
• Dance / Movement Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Energy Psychology
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Family Systems Therapy
• Focusing
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Non-Violent Communication
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Somatic Experiencing
• Somatic Psychotherapy
• Transpersonal Psychotherapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

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