My Approach to Helping
I want you to be satisfied with your situation, to be relieved from many of the symptoms of depression, to no longer live in isolation and to surround yourself with people who love you, to start building healthy relationships and to finally get substances under control. My goal is to pull out your inherent strengths and find ways to apply them strategically and meaningfully. My unique therapeutic skill set, which is a collaborative approach to working on problems with new perspectives, while giving you the tangible tools of DBT. I know you deserve more, and it's my mission to help you live the life you've always been wanting.
More Info About My Practice
Everything I have done in my life has revolved around creating trust at an exceptional level. It's with this level of trust and high empathic attunement that I believe to be at the bedrock of powerful progress and transformation. I can provide you a sacred space, a fresh perspective, and a unique skill set to help you overcome your most difficult problems. Call me, now's the time, because you deserve more.
How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist
I've been there, and I get it.
While at the top of my field, working with celebrities and high profile individuals for some of the most influential brands in the world, I developed a degenerative bone disease. The majority of my early 30's were confined to a bed and I was left with a couple artificial hips, a couple of fused vertebrae, a few degenerative arthritic joints, and a world of constant chronic pain.
You could say I found my situation depressing. Waking up each day was a struggle and getting through the day was even harder.
Through the power of therapy and help from others, I was able to find inherent strengths which empowered my resilience to not just continue on, but to thrive, and create a new life with purpose, and meaning. Although my personal experience could be used for inspiration, I found it necessary to expand my knowledge on resilience and the human spirit, dedicating my life and time to learn the intricacies of clinical psychology, psychotherapy, and behavior. I went on to receive my degree from Pepperdine's Graduate School with honors while studying the science and art of psychotherapy under some of the leading current pioneers in the field. My post-graduate studies have been focused on Narrative Therapy's effectiveness in redefining who we are and am one of the few people Comprehensively Trained? in the evidence based effective strategies of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
