About

I strive to create a safe, supportive, non-judgmental environment where we can collaboratively explore, understand and clarify your feelings as well as find more adaptive ways to cope and problem-solve the issues in your life. I believe that you can’t really understand someone’s present world without understanding their past experiences and how that is negatively or positively impacting their life now. In therapy, I can help you break out of old patterns that are not serving you well anymore, and improve coping alternatives and psychological flexibility while concurrently providing you concrete strategies for managing overwhelming feelings at the moment and the support and empathy you need to move forward. I have been practicing psychology/therapy for the past 30 years since receiving my Ph.D. in 1993 from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I recently retired from my job of 21 years at the California State University Counseling Center so that I could better serve the clients with whom I work, however, prior to my work at California State University I also worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings. I am a “true generalist” in every sense of the word and have experience and comfort in working with many different types of individuals, couples, and issues. Some of my areas of expertise are: *Transitional-aged youth ages 18-35, * Relationship and Interpersonal issues * Rape/Sexual assault *Relationship Abuse *Depression *Anxiety *Couples Therapy *Sports Psychology/Performance Enhancement *Processing Childhood Emotional and Physical Abuse. *Life Transitions *Parenting Issues