For 30 years clients have entered through my doors seeking psychotherapy and consultations. They come with issues of dysfunctional relationships, grief, anxiety, depression, insufficient motivation or confidence, difficult personalities, anger management, and many others. The one common denominator is a compelling awareness that their life is not as good as it could be.
I help them better understand their feelings, decisions (good and bad), and relationships, so they experience less distress and anxiety, and more joy, success and confidence. They leave with increased self-awareness about how to make better choices and take care of themselves, so their lives and relationships become healthier and more meaningful. I am an Experiential Psychologist, meaning the powerful and permanent change/growth you seek comes largely from experiencing and practicing new ways of living and relating.
Through our therapeutic relationship, you will learn to communicate more clearly and effectively with less criticism and negativity, to identify, understand and process your emotions rather than act out on them hurtfully and self-defeatingly, and to honor and support your loved ones rather than trying to control them or punish them.
I help them better understand their feelings, decisions (good and bad), and relationships, so they experience less distress and anxiety, and more joy, success and confidence. They leave with increased self-awareness about how to make better choices and take care of themselves, so their lives and relationships become healthier and more meaningful. I am an Experiential Psychologist, meaning the powerful and permanent change/growth you seek comes largely from experiencing and practicing new ways of living and relating.
Through our therapeutic relationship, you will learn to communicate more clearly and effectively with less criticism and negativity, to identify, understand and process your emotions rather than act out on them hurtfully and self-defeatingly, and to honor and support your loved ones rather than trying to control them or punish them.
Services
Individual Therapy: With Adults presenting with a variety of psychological issues including: anxiety, depression, difficult relationships, under performance at work/school, grief, loss, trauma, passivity, excessive anger/rage and cynicism, stress, and family strife.
We will work directly through the therapaeutic alliance for you to become a more wholly integrated self, drawing on all aspects of your personality to empower you through increased awareness of feelings, desires and limitations, clarity in dealings with others, and heightened capacity to process and express emotions.
We will work directly through the therapaeutic alliance for you to become a more wholly integrated self, drawing on all aspects of your personality to empower you through increased awareness of feelings, desires and limitations, clarity in dealings with others, and heightened capacity to process and express emotions.
Psychotherapy should the frankest most in depth dialogue you ever have.
It should open your eyes to entirely new aspects of yourself, your relationships and how to live life fully.
It should be a very intense and impactful experience.
Therapy is hard work.
You should feel safe and protected by me, while also challenged to go deep into your psyche to find strength and courage to shed old habits and hurts and try new, healthier ways to connect and relate in the world.
Successful therapy involves struggling through painful emotions (shame, sadness, anxiety, loss) with concomitant empowerment to acknowlede feelings and desires, set better boundaries, and defeat passivity and actively pursue your goals.
It should open your eyes to entirely new aspects of yourself, your relationships and how to live life fully.
It should be a very intense and impactful experience.
Therapy is hard work.
You should feel safe and protected by me, while also challenged to go deep into your psyche to find strength and courage to shed old habits and hurts and try new, healthier ways to connect and relate in the world.
Successful therapy involves struggling through painful emotions (shame, sadness, anxiety, loss) with concomitant empowerment to acknowlede feelings and desires, set better boundaries, and defeat passivity and actively pursue your goals.
Today, more and more people realize that psychotherapy holds benefits for them.
Therapy has become part of our cultural mainstream and there are many types of therapy to fit clients different needs and personality styles.
Yet, still, too many people hold to a belief they have to "go it alone, " and they wind up underachieving and suffering needlessly for long periods before seeking therapy.
Many clients enter therapy because of the anxiety, depression, or grief from disruptive life events or significant losses.
Therapy has become part of our cultural mainstream and there are many types of therapy to fit clients different needs and personality styles.
Yet, still, too many people hold to a belief they have to "go it alone, " and they wind up underachieving and suffering needlessly for long periods before seeking therapy.
Many clients enter therapy because of the anxiety, depression, or grief from disruptive life events or significant losses.
Fees and Insurance: I am an out-of-network (or non-participating) provider, which means my clients pay me directly and then, if they choose to use insurance, file their own claim forms and get reimbursements directly from their insurance carrier.
I will discuss fee details with you when we make contact.
My fees are above average but competitive with other experienced psychologists in the DC market.
In cases of need (i.e., new professionals, training therapists, or financial hardship) I have several reduced fee slots.
I will discuss fee details with you when we make contact.
My fees are above average but competitive with other experienced psychologists in the DC market.
In cases of need (i.e., new professionals, training therapists, or financial hardship) I have several reduced fee slots.
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