My clients come to me because they are struggling with depression or anxiety or a difficult relational conflict that they feel trapped in no matter what they have tried (often this includes therapy). My therapeutic approach provides a thoughtful and individualistic approach to each client. I believe that utilizing a variety of clinical approaches allows me to fit a unique approach to each client rather than attempting to fit the client to the theoretical construct.
Understanding oneself in a clearer more expansive way may pave the path to change, but does not by itself create change. I am prepared to support you and guide you to first delineate what is not working for you in your life and then to determine what changes will allow your life to blossom. It can be a challenging as well as exciting journey that will allow you to leave therapy empowered with concrete tools for shaping your life in the ways you have dreamed.
Understanding oneself in a clearer more expansive way may pave the path to change, but does not by itself create change. I am prepared to support you and guide you to first delineate what is not working for you in your life and then to determine what changes will allow your life to blossom. It can be a challenging as well as exciting journey that will allow you to leave therapy empowered with concrete tools for shaping your life in the ways you have dreamed.
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My interest in human behavior began in high school when I became involved in the American Red Cross helping to develop what became the Junior Red Cross.
Through that program I participated in a program working with the developmentally disabled and the mentally ill in treatment facilities which I found immensely gratifying.
In college I found the academic field of psychology fascinating.
A natural evolution was attending graduate school at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles, the first campus in that now much larger system.
Through that program I participated in a program working with the developmentally disabled and the mentally ill in treatment facilities which I found immensely gratifying.
In college I found the academic field of psychology fascinating.
A natural evolution was attending graduate school at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles, the first campus in that now much larger system.
Couples seek me out when they are feeling close to hopeless concerning their relationship.
They seem in conflict about most all issues and attempts to work anything through inevitably results in anger and frustration.
Arguments create more and more hurt feelings, tension and stress.
They feel in a dark hole without an exit.
As we work together clients develop skills in expressing their feelings and needs as well as tools that allow for resolutions.
Our goal together is to rekindle the loving feelings that were the foundation of this relationship so that it can once again flourish.
They seem in conflict about most all issues and attempts to work anything through inevitably results in anger and frustration.
Arguments create more and more hurt feelings, tension and stress.
They feel in a dark hole without an exit.
As we work together clients develop skills in expressing their feelings and needs as well as tools that allow for resolutions.
Our goal together is to rekindle the loving feelings that were the foundation of this relationship so that it can once again flourish.
Parents seek our therapeutic help when their parenting skills seem to be failing them in reaching or understanding their child.
They feel helpless, frustrated and inadequate.
Children are often enormously challenging in that a particular child can have needs the best intentioned, most loving parents are not equipped to meet.
Working with a skilled, experienced therapist brings knowledge and understanding which empowers parents to expand their parenting skills, allowing them to develop solutions with compassion and understanding.
They feel helpless, frustrated and inadequate.
Children are often enormously challenging in that a particular child can have needs the best intentioned, most loving parents are not equipped to meet.
Working with a skilled, experienced therapist brings knowledge and understanding which empowers parents to expand their parenting skills, allowing them to develop solutions with compassion and understanding.
We have all experienced some level of sadness in our lives while continuing to function adequately.
However, when sadness becomes depression, the ability to function and cope in day to day life becomes difficult.
Individuals who are depressed often report a sense of not feeling themselves.
They describe depression as a feeling of fatigue, loss of joy and pleasure and a loss of willpower and drive to get things done.
In working with clients who are depressed I try to work with them to identify the thoughts and behaviors that could be contributing to the feeling of depression.
However, when sadness becomes depression, the ability to function and cope in day to day life becomes difficult.
Individuals who are depressed often report a sense of not feeling themselves.
They describe depression as a feeling of fatigue, loss of joy and pleasure and a loss of willpower and drive to get things done.
In working with clients who are depressed I try to work with them to identify the thoughts and behaviors that could be contributing to the feeling of depression.
Sometimes we find ourselves engaged in self-sabotage, battling an internal self critic, striving for perfection or feeling shame over our mistakes.
Finding and enabling a strong sense of a positive self is the backbone of solid mental health.
In therapy I help clients take a difficult, objective look at their attitude toward themselves supporting them to begin to treat the self with greater understanding.
By examining both the past and the present, I find it is possible to arrive at a more compassionate and generous attitude toward the self that results in gratitude for what can be accomplished and patience for those challenges we all face.
Finding and enabling a strong sense of a positive self is the backbone of solid mental health.
In therapy I help clients take a difficult, objective look at their attitude toward themselves supporting them to begin to treat the self with greater understanding.
By examining both the past and the present, I find it is possible to arrive at a more compassionate and generous attitude toward the self that results in gratitude for what can be accomplished and patience for those challenges we all face.
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