As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, my training has been broad based, which allows me to call on different skills according to different needs of the client. I have a Doctorate in Social Work (DSW) and an MA in Movement Psychotherapy, which gives me a grounding in two very different, but complementary, approaches to therapy. Whereas social work primarily focuses on verbal interaction, movement psychotherapy focuses on non-verbal interaction.
What this means in your session is that I can have more information to work with than if I were only listening to your words. If a mother tells me something about herself and her daughter chooses that moment to sit on her lap, I may wonder out loud what the mother's comment may mean to mom and what impact it might have on her daughter. I have done a lot of work in the relationship between mind and body.
I created the Mind/Body Psycho-educational Program at St. Barnabas Hospital at their Institute of Reproductive Medicine and their Cancer Center. When someone has been referred to me by their doctor for therapy, having experienced a physical symptom with no apparent biological cause, I am trained to identify when the physical pain in the body may be a metaphor for other psychological pain.
What this means in your session is that I can have more information to work with than if I were only listening to your words. If a mother tells me something about herself and her daughter chooses that moment to sit on her lap, I may wonder out loud what the mother's comment may mean to mom and what impact it might have on her daughter. I have done a lot of work in the relationship between mind and body.
I created the Mind/Body Psycho-educational Program at St. Barnabas Hospital at their Institute of Reproductive Medicine and their Cancer Center. When someone has been referred to me by their doctor for therapy, having experienced a physical symptom with no apparent biological cause, I am trained to identify when the physical pain in the body may be a metaphor for other psychological pain.
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Is there conflict in your family?
Does it feel like your kids are out of control and you don't know how to connect with them?
Are you estranged from your kids?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, or these questions raised other unsettling thoughts or questions, it may be helpful to call me for a complimentary phone consultation.
Does it feel like your kids are out of control and you don't know how to connect with them?
Are you estranged from your kids?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, or these questions raised other unsettling thoughts or questions, it may be helpful to call me for a complimentary phone consultation.
Each person has a story to tell.
The fact that each person's story is different is one of the things that sparks my curiosity about each of my clients.
When clients come to me, they are often in a sad or confusing or frightening chapter of their lives.
The goals we establish in therapy involve making changes to the way the story goes.
As I listen to your story or your definition of the problem you are having, I, of course, want to understand what you are saying, but I also want to hear what is not being said, or even potentially not being considered.
The fact that each person's story is different is one of the things that sparks my curiosity about each of my clients.
When clients come to me, they are often in a sad or confusing or frightening chapter of their lives.
The goals we establish in therapy involve making changes to the way the story goes.
As I listen to your story or your definition of the problem you are having, I, of course, want to understand what you are saying, but I also want to hear what is not being said, or even potentially not being considered.
Couples work takes courage, but it can also be extremely rewarding.
If you are having a difficult time in your relationship and you come to therapy, often you will discover positive aspects of the relationship that you didn't know existed.
The strength of a relationship is greater than the two of you who are participating in it, but there is a flip side of that couples don't always realize: that the fragility of a relationship impacts each of you as forcefully, if not more so, than your own internal stress.
If you are having a difficult time in your relationship and you come to therapy, often you will discover positive aspects of the relationship that you didn't know existed.
The strength of a relationship is greater than the two of you who are participating in it, but there is a flip side of that couples don't always realize: that the fragility of a relationship impacts each of you as forcefully, if not more so, than your own internal stress.
Family work is rich.
We are the way we are, in large part, because our families of origin made us that way.
However, we don't have to be stuck there if we don't like it.
Recognizing familial patterns and deciding whether or not these work for you is a large part of my work.
Is your role in the family one you are comfortable with?
Family work can be exciting and rewarding.
How each of you relates to each other will inform our work, whether it is a very small interaction or a full -blown conflict.
We are the way we are, in large part, because our families of origin made us that way.
However, we don't have to be stuck there if we don't like it.
Recognizing familial patterns and deciding whether or not these work for you is a large part of my work.
Is your role in the family one you are comfortable with?
Family work can be exciting and rewarding.
How each of you relates to each other will inform our work, whether it is a very small interaction or a full -blown conflict.
Whether you feel the sadness and disappointment of not getting pregnant when you want to, or confused or uncertain about going through with a pregnancy, or sad to lose a pregnancy when you really wanted to go through with it, or worried and disconnected from the baby you bore, therapy can help.
Sometimes the perinatal loss is not voluntary.
Sometimes the perinatal loss, due to fetal anomaly, is the most difficult decision you have ever had to make.
Each of these experiences is powerful and deeply upsetting.
Sometimes the perinatal loss is not voluntary.
Sometimes the perinatal loss, due to fetal anomaly, is the most difficult decision you have ever had to make.
Each of these experiences is powerful and deeply upsetting.
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