Therapy

Psychotherapy can help you if you experience depressed or anxious mood, unfulfilling relationships with others, or suffer from the impact of trauma. It is a process of discovering what has wounded or inhibited you and modifying dysfunctional behaviors and cognitions. By revisiting points of maturational stress, we can resolve them and free up energy for change. Therapy is also a deeply spiritual process, a soulful journey into your life, your goals, your dreams.

My approach to psychotherapy emphasizes understanding family dynamics, deepening your emotional awareness, and listening to the intelligence of the deep unconscious mind through therapeutic dreamwork. I'll introduce you to "natural antidepressants" such as meditation, yoga, and breathing methods, which help relieve stress and anxiety.

I work with clients grappling with anger, depression, relationship conflicts and impasses, chronic illness, sexual problems and conflicts, substance abuse, and histories of trauma and abuse. I work with people seeking expression of their talents in the creative arts. As a vocational counselor, I emphasize transforming work into a calling, and coping with job-related stress and career transitions.

As a couples therapist, I emphasize listening skills, conflict resolution, and cultivating patience, acceptance, honesty, and humor. My goal is to help couples grow more emotionally connected as they work through conflicts and impasses about sex, money, communication and life planning.