I have been practicing psychotherapy for nine years, licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 2011 (LMFT #50723). I earned my Masters in Counseling from John F. Kennedy University in 2005 with a focus on holistic approaches to psychotherapy that integrate mind, body, spirit. Please see my specialties below.
I celebrate and build upon your strengths. Therapy is a place where you can focus your attention inward and become aware of your own part in relationship difficulties and how you can accept what is not within your control or change what you can. This is also a place to fully accept yourself, find your own inner-compass and discover what brings your life meaning and purpose. I can help you tolerate times of crisis, decide what is your best move, even if that means accepting what is and staying put. I will encourage you to continually come home to find refuge within yourself and give you tools to slow down and become mindful amidst the storms of life. I welcome people of all races and abilities, LGBTQ individuals, artists, writers and musicians.
Specialties:
Modalities:
Humanistic/Existential Orientation, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Wilderness Therapy/ Ecopsychology, Grief, EMDR and Recovery from Sexual Abuse ~ EMDR Certified, LGBT & Coming Out issues, Co-dependency and addiction, Coping with loved-ones or Family Members with Severe Mental Illness.
I celebrate and build upon your strengths. Therapy is a place where you can focus your attention inward and become aware of your own part in relationship difficulties and how you can accept what is not within your control or change what you can. This is also a place to fully accept yourself, find your own inner-compass and discover what brings your life meaning and purpose. I can help you tolerate times of crisis, decide what is your best move, even if that means accepting what is and staying put. I will encourage you to continually come home to find refuge within yourself and give you tools to slow down and become mindful amidst the storms of life. I welcome people of all races and abilities, LGBTQ individuals, artists, writers and musicians.
Specialties:
- support women dealing with difficult life transitions such as relationship endings, a death in the family, infertility, healing from a trauma or finding a new career path.
- work with couples to get unstuck from difficult relationship dynamics and create more intimacy.
- support adolescent girls to stay on track and learn to choose self care over self destructive behaviors.
- coach parents of challenging children or difficult teens to build skills on setting clear boundaries and expectations and how to create more harmony in the home.
- Support individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder
- Support family members who have grown up in alcoholic family systems or with a parent with a severe mental illness such as Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia.
Modalities:
Humanistic/Existential Orientation, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Wilderness Therapy/ Ecopsychology, Grief, EMDR and Recovery from Sexual Abuse ~ EMDR Certified, LGBT & Coming Out issues, Co-dependency and addiction, Coping with loved-ones or Family Members with Severe Mental Illness.