WELCOME tO MY PRACTICE
I am a doctoral level psychologist with over twenty years of experience successfully helping adults, children, couples, and families regain stability and manage life's emotional challenges. Using an eclectic approach centered on a trusting therapeutic relationship, I work collaboratively with you to meet your goals and live a full life. As a Certified EMDR Therapist, I often include this technique when working with trauma and anxiety. There are other empirically validated techniques I use in our work together.
Please see my Bio for more information.
“The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.”
Our Therapeutic Conversations Will Help You With:
Anxiety & Stress Management: keeping worry from overwhelming you, including managing trauma reminders.
Mood disturbances: Regaining control of your emotions. Learn techniques to regulate your mood.
Better Sleep and Relaxation.
Making good career and business decisions.
Disaster and trauma recovery: recent or long-past events.
Increasing skillful parenting including adjustment to divorce or parental loss.
HOW I WORK
I work with a flexible, eclectic approach utilizing the "whatever works" principle. Expressive, dynamic exploration is an important approach that underlies most therapeutic conversation. For stress, anxiety, and traumatic memory, I often use EMDR, mindfulness training, cognitive behavioral and other body-centered techniques. When possible, a short-term treatment will be used to reach your goals. Always, strength-based and positive psychology are at the forefront of my thinking along with awareness of the spiritual foundations of meaningful human life.
In addition to therapeutic work with adults and children. I am a respected teacher who has taught and lectured in graduate school and psychology internship programs. I also contribute to research in the field of personality assessment.
DURING THE PANDEMIC and AFTER
I want to see you in person! But right now I am meeting most folks in person, but do have the option to meet on Zoom. When we agree to meet in person for some or all future sessions, it will be determined by safety factors and subject to restrictions as dictated by CDC regulations. If you have concerns about meeting through telehealth, we will talk about it first and try to address any issues. You understand that, if I believe it is necessary, I may determine that we return to telehealth for everyone’s well-being.
Reimbursement for telehealth services, however, is also determined by the insurance companies and applicable law, so that is an issue we may also need to discuss.