Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Career Counseling, Child Abuse and Neglect, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Education/Personal Development, Family Conflict, Grief, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Multicultural Issues, OCD, Parenting, Physical Illness/Impairment, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Psychosomatic, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues
English
Adolescents, Adults, Children, Seniors
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Advocacy, Behavioral, Case Management, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Contemplative, Crisis Intervention, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), Dialectical (DBT), Dream Work or Analysis, Education Consultation, Electro-convulsive Treatment, EMDR, Emotionally Focused, Ericksonian, Existential Psychotherapy, Geriatric Consultation, Gottman Method, Holistic, Humanistic, Information and Referral, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Intervention, Long-Term, Mediation, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Narrative, Nutrition Counseling, Parent Guidance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Play Therapy, Prevention, Psycho-Educational, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Psychopharmacology, Redecision Therapy, Relational, Satir, Schema Therapy, Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Spiritual Counseling, Systemic, Transactional Analysis (TA), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Vocational Counseling/Rehabilitation
Addiction, Adoption, Aging, Dissociative Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Elder Abuse, Forensic, Infant Mental Health, Medication Management, Men's Issues, Neurological, Pain Management, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum, Self Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Sleep or Insomnia
California
For over thirty years I have been immersed in helping children, adolescents, and adults change the dysfunctional attitudes and relationship patterns that have interfered with their ability to live in fulfilling ways.
In my work with clients I have found that using in-depth, relationally oriented therapy integrated with other approaches (such as cognitive-behavioral and dialectical therapy), has proven effective in helping people to repair the wounds that have resulted from the emotional injuries they have sustained. Clients have found that the work we do together also helps them to develop their ability to manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors more effectively.
Recently I published a book entitled, Transforming Wounds into Wisdom: Change Your Attitudes and Save Your Life. This roadmap reveals the life-enhancing process involved in both healing past wounds and developing stronger and more flexible ways of functioning in oneself and with others.
My focus with clients is on promoting psychological healing and integration—mind, body, and spirit. I am passionately committed to supporting others on their courageous journeys from woundedness to wisdom.