I have 20+ years of outpatient therapeutic intervention experience with helping people change themselves for the better. I use specific, short-term, solution-focused treatment techniques based on insight and behavioral change. I work with a wide range of presenting problems and mood disorders including depression / grief, anxiety/phobias, anger management, adjustment, and bipolar disorder. I focus on rapport and utilization of a client's strengths as a therapeutic foundation.
I believe that the mind and body are deeply connected, and that optimal mental health cannot be achieved without proper nutrition and physical health. I also believe in the power of the conscious as well as the unconscious mind to relieve symptoms and make lasting changes.
My role is to create real change in people by getting them to hear what they need to hear in a way that they are able to accept it, even if it is difficult. This acceptance of reality is critical to creating permanent positive changes in people's lives. I assist with the process of increasing one's understanding of behavior and emotions, developing new behaviors and boundaries, and improving communication within relationships.
