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

My Approach to Helping

Lets face it, life happens! We try our best to make the environment around us as comfortable as possible for ourselves, and many times we succeed. And then, there are those times when we just feel 'stuck' and frustrated, perhaps even discouraged. Often, if we stay in those 'stuck' places for too long, we end up feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, angry, insecure, vulnerable, unmotivated, or just plain moody. It almost feels like there is some hidden knowledge that could unlock that stuck feeling and let us get back to, or begin, feeling motivated and confident about the direction of our lives.

When done with sensitivity and genuineness in the contained and safe environment I provide, therapy can be a highly useful tool to pry yourself loose from those 'stuck' places, so you can begin making safe, healthy, and effective choices for yourself, your family, and your future.

 

More Info About My Practice

**I offer a FREE 30 minute phone consultation for new clients!!

**I have a Monday evening LGBT Teen Group:

-LGBT Coming Out Teen Support Group: meets weekly from 6:30pm to 7:30pm!!

 

How Psychotherapy Can Help

Through the development of self-awareness, psychotherapy generally helps people make safer and healthier choices in their lives.

 

My View on the Purpose of Psychotherapy

The general purpose of psychotherapy is to learn more about yourself, so you can keep what you like and discard or change what you don't like.

Services I Provide

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

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

My specialties include therapuetic work with Adolescents and their Families, Trauma and Abuse Survivors, LGBT specific issues (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender), Women's issues, Grief and Loss Recovery, and providing a Monday evening LGBT Teen group.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Adlerian Psychotherapy
• Anger Management
• Art Therapy
• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Breathwork
• Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
• Conflict Resolution Therapy
• Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
• Depth Therapy
• Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Emotion Focused Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Focusing
• Gestalt Therapy
• Guided Therapeutic Imagery
• Humanistic Psychology
• Integration of different therapy models
• Internal Family Systems
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Journal Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Non-Violent Communication
• Object Relations
• Other - Not Listed Here
• Parent Work
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Play Therapy
• Positive Psychotherapy
• Possibility Therapy
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Psychodrama
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Relational Recovery
• Relationship Enhancement Therapy
• Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
• Self Acceptance Training
• Self Psychology
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy
• Transpersonal Psychotherapy
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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
• Self-Harm & Suicide
• Spirituality