Over 25 Years of Experience
My adult counseling and psychotherapy care draws on many years of experience and technical training and development. Whatever prompts you to seek out services, you can expect me to:
- Start with a thorough and evidence-based assessment
- Identify your needs and goals
- Move to a clear and concise plan for care
- Provide effective and efficient care
I will start by asking questions to understand your reason for seeking care and desired outcomes, how your difficulty has developed over time, your current status and your relevant history. I’ll also assess and discuss with you the need for additional or alternative outside care resources, if applicable.
I’ll then provide you with a plan for care, including goals, recommendations for a clinical approach and an estimation of the length of care you would receive. Most people can reach their defined goals for care between 10 and 20 sessions as planned. However, sometimes only a few sessions are necessary.
My practice is based on empowerment and strength. Your experience regarding your ethnicity, race, gender identity and sexual orientation are explored, affirmed and integrated into my understanding of you.
Once agreed upon, your care starts as soon as possible and involves regular appointments and focused efforts outside of our time together. I work creatively toward gaining clearer understanding, facilitating insight and defining possible new ways of thinking and being. What happens in the therapy hour can also be a window into self-understanding.
If necessary, I work closely with health care providers and other professionals to address related conditions or neurochemical imbalances. Looking at the whole person is often necessary to achieve full success. I may refer you to another mental health professional if your needs are beyond the scope of my practice. It is important that you get the treatment you need.
I also provide professional consultation for licensed mental health professionals. I help with honing holistic diagnostic skills, linking diagnosis and assessment to a clinically proven approach and providing consistent and effective care to achieve clinical success.
Additionally, I offer professional coaching for mental health professionals at any level of training or experience. This includes exploring career paths and training needs as well as developing and sustaining a private practice, once licensed.
Managing Anxiety and Fears
Managing Anxiety and Fears
Are anxiety and your fears impeding your life and keeping you from accomplishing your goals? Using cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches, you will gain the coping skills you need to get ahead of the curve of anxiety. We will explore how biology, cognition and environment are involved, which all can be addressed.
Strategies to Change Your Thinking and Behavior Patterns
Strategies to Change Your Thinking and Behavior Patterns
A change in perspective and thought patterns can come about through exploration using an approach that matches your needs.
Coping With Life Transition and Loss
Coping With Life Transition and Loss
Transition and loss are inevitable. You might be struggling to cope with the related grief. Moving forward can be challenging, if not seem impossible. Whether you have experienced a major life change such as a divorce or job change, the loss of a loved one or family estrangement, we can help with moving toward self/other understanding, achieving acceptance and creating a positive path forward.
Personal Change in Relationships
Personal Change in Relationships
Relationships can be a positive or negative force in your life. You might struggle to get close and then stay close and connected with others. Being in relationships is our best mirror of ourselves. Exploring beliefs, default relational patterns and unconscious motivations can bring about change and related growth.