About

Welcome! I believe in reducing emotional pain, resolving relationship struggles, and improving coping skills. I offer both long-term modalities as well as brief, solution-oriented approaches - and am confident that my therapy approach can be pleasurable, precise, and quickly effective. My approach After more than 26 years as a mental health professional, I've got a well-blended and intuitive integrated approach that includes creating a strong therapeutic alliance and relationship. A few of my modalities are as follows: Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Existential, Humanistic, Hypnotherapy, Interpersonal, Play Therapy, Reiki, Relational, Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Somatic, Sound-Healing, Strength-Based, Transpersonal. My focus I enjoy working with diverse individual clients in terms of backgrounds and presenting issues. Working with motivated and ready-to-work individuals allows us to progress quickly in terms of meeting your goals (even if you're not exactly sure what they are yet). I work with adults and also children (around 10 y/o or so) and I have special expertise with teens who typically respond well to my direct and down-to-earth style. My communication style I use straight talk, playfulness, and curiosity. I am intuitive, non-judgmental, and compassionate with an interactive down-to-earth, I'm-on-your-side style. My journey to mental healthcare I've been fascinated by human nature for many years. People have so much variety and diversity but also so many universal (and unifying) similarities. The work is incredibly tough and amazingly rewarding, and I'm so grateful to spend my working life helping people through collaboration and mutual respect. My goals for you I go as fast as clients are able and willing to (within their right range of capacity and emotional resiliency). Goal setting is both a direct initial conversation and process that unfolds as we get to know each other. I tend to get to the heart of things, quickly.