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

My Approach to Helping

I provide professional, caring psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy with a focus on learning the themes and dynamics that were established during one's upbringing that play a role in the ability to function successfully in life in the present. I help my client determine why it is that they respond the way they do to situations in life and how their physical symptoms may be related to their mental health. I help them access a sense of authenticity to replace some of the defensive postures they have developed out of a need to cope in an environment over which they had little control.

I encourage clients to move toward health at their own pace. We establish together whether once-a-week sessions will be satisfactory or whether meeting multiple times a week might provide better containment and promote deeper, faster results. I create an atmosphere where self-exploration feels creative, safe, and individualized.

I welcome clients of any or no spiritual persuasion, and because I have functioned within church fellowship circles, I have insight into the messages and issues that arise from within this setting.

I have completed a doctoral program in psychoanalysis and encourage exploration of issues in a more in depth manner, rather than attempting only to eliminate or control symptoms.

 

 

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

Human sexuality has been a long standing challenge for both men and women throughout the ages and perhaps even moreso of late due to the availability of sexual material through the media, specifically the internet. Like medicating with alcohol, workaholism, excessive spending, our sexuality is a prime arena to seek satisfaction from a deep sense of alienation and emptiness. When sexuality is enlivened and activated in a healthy way, it is a powerful binding tool in a relationship. I find it challenging and satifying to help individuals and couples activate and direct their sexually in ways that build rather than destroy intimacy.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Consultation
• Clinical Supervision

Ages I Work With

• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Core Process Psychotherapy
• Depth Therapy
• Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
• Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Family Systems Therapy
• Object Relations
• Parent Work
• Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Relational Recovery
• Self Psychology

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
• Depression & Mood
• Relationships & Marriage
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Self-Harm & Suicide