My Approach to Helping
As a therapist, my intention is to help bring about sustainable and conscious change in those I work with. I offer a compassionate, empathetic, and integrated approach to psychotherapy. My style is authentic, nonjudgmental and supportive. Though many individuals and couples I see just want to experience a greater level of Wellness and Health in their life and relationships, I have worked with many individuals, couples, and families who were in crisis and wanted to not just survive their crisis but learn to thrive and benefit from their trauma or crisis (Post Traumatic Growth).
I believe that people are generally capable of finding solutions to their problems. They are often just in need of support to clarify their goals, address barriers, set the structure, and to allow compassionate accountability and feedback as they progress towards their goals. I work collaboratively with clients with to improve self-awareness, develop insight, and learn new ways of coping with life stressors to facilitate healing and growth.
Specific Issues I’m Skilled at Helping With
Individual, Marriage/Couple/Relationship Counseling, Wellness Coaching, Couples/Relationship Coaching, Codependency and Relational Trauma, Development of Well Being Practices, Spirituality, Conscious Living, Life Stage Issues, Solutions to Problems, Infidelity issues, Trauma, Sex Addiction, Sex Addicts, Partner/Spouse Recovery and Healing, Impulse Management, Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Live Vision, Stress management, Addiction & Recovery Issues.
I also specialize in working with issues related to Sex Addiction and Infidelity with a Partner/Spouse Focused focus: In a relationship, it is a traumatic blow to the relational bond when trust is broken and betrayal occurs. This relationship injury is often felt as a traumatic experience for the betrayed partner. I am passionate about working with those seeking to make conscious changes in their lives and working with those effected by Relational Trauma, Infidelity, and Sex Addiction. I treat the partner trauma related to these experiences, and I work with sex and love addicts who are very motivated to recover and heal.
Therapy Approaches I Use
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Anger Management
- Art Therapy
- Body-Mind Psychotherapy
- Breathwork
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Creative Art Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Drama Therapy
- Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Integration of different therapy models
- Interpersonal Neurobiology
- Journal Therapy
- Mindfulness Based Approaches
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Relational Recovery
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Systems Theory /Therapy
- Trauma Informed Care
- Other – Not Listed Here
Concerns and Issues I Help With
- Abandonment
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Blended Family Issues
- Breakup
- Career Choice
- Caregiver Issues / Stress
- Codependency / Dependency
- Communication Problems
- Compulsive Spending / Shopping
- Control Issues
- Couples Issues, Relationships and Marriage
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
- Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Eating and Food Issues
- Emotional Abuse
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Family of Origin Issues
- Family Problems
- Fear
- Forgiveness
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Habits
- Health / Illness / Medical Issues
- Helplessness / Victimhood
- Identity Issues
- Inadequacy
- Individuation
- Infidelity / Affair Recovery
- Internet Addiction
- Irritability
- Isolation
- Jealousy
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Panic
- Parenting
- Perfectionism
- Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma
- Power
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Rejection
- Relationships and Marriage
- Religious Issues
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Care
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sex Addiction
- Sexuality / Sex Therapy
- Shame
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Trust Issues
- Values Clarification
- Women’s Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
- Young Adult Issues