Services

I have extensive experience working with individuals and families coping with trauma, adversity, disturbance, and the stressors of daily life. This can be the result of the stressor as an isolated event such as a break-up, failure, accident, death, etc. or an ongoing experience like family discord, mental illness, interpersonal abuse or neglect, oppression, or discrimination.

My clinical practice has included work with individuals coping with:

• Trauma
• Adverse life experiences
• Grief and loss
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Academic struggles (e.g. performance, relationships, stress)
• Performance anxiety
• Family transitions (e.g. endings, blendings, transitions, additions and loss, changes in roles)
• Disruptive behaviors
• Relationship discord
• LGBTQ+

My approach is client-centered and humanistic. My experience has shown that when we identify and resolve the underlying cause of the “problem”, not only does current functioning and well-being improve, but the change lasts longer. I believe clients are the expert of their own life. My role is to partner with you in discovering the answers that help you heal and improve your life.

I have helped clients:

• Heal from traumatic experiences
• Change destructive behaviors into healthy, helpful behaviors
• Navigate transitions in life and normal development
• Develop or enhance coping skills
• Establish and enforce boundaries in their personal and professional relationships
• Improve communication skills
• Develop more effective parenting practices
• Foster deeper, more meaningful relationships (and let go of destructive ones)
• Recognize their inner strength, potential, and worth
• Discover their true self

All behavior serves a purpose. Only when we understand what that purpose is can we work towards accepting, modifying, or extinguishing the behavior. This often requires the circumstances or individuals contributing to the development of the behavior to also change. That is why family participation in treatment (especially with children and adolescents) is critical.