I am a licensed psychotherapist in California and hold bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology. I have over 30 years experience and have performed thousands of hours of counseling. I have worked across a broad spectrum of mental health settings including private practice, CPS, Residential Treatment Centers, substance abuse facilities, psychiatric hospitals, and conducted psychiatric evaluations in a hospital ER. I've seen it all and dealt with it all.
Every client is different. Some clients just want to gain clarity and insight or to air out some issues. Some are having a difficult time coping with past trauma. Some might be in crisis. Some suffer from low self-esteem or fear or depression. Some feel stuck in a negative pattern and don’t know how to get out of it. I tailor my approach to suit the needs of each individual client
I am understanding, thoughtful, intuitive, sensitive, and emphatic. I prioritize assisting each client in reaching their goals in counseling. My role is to help you sort thru concerns, issues, problems; to gain clarity, gain understanding, increase your resolve, and develop tools that will enable you to dismantle and break free from problems, negative patterns, limiting beliefs, low self-esteem, depression, fear, past trauma–whatever it is.
