About

I am a family and marriage counselor currently licensed in Texas. I have over 40 years of experience working as a psychotherapist, life coach, and mediator. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, sexual issues, substance abuse issues and general life conflicts. I also helped many people who have experienced combinations of areas of concerns and who faced existential conflicts within their lives. My style is direct and focused while remaining warm and interactive. Treating everyone with respect, and compassion, without stigmatizing labels. Combining cognitive-behavioral therapy, humanistic approaches, reality therapy, existential therapy, and rational-emotive counseling. Focused on the client's coping skills and ability to resolve their issues. I have a sexually positive approach and orientation so that even the most emotional and intimate issues can be resolved in a positive and non judgmental manner. My training in philosophy allows me to integrate philosophical values into the psychological approaches to resolving conflicts My background is a merging of my studies in counseling, psychology and philosophy. I began my career working as a probation officer within residential treatment facilities. I then worked in various private residential mental health and psychiatric facilities, and was an administrator of several outpatient clinics, hospitals, and substance abuse programs. I was a corporate clinical trainer for seven psychiatric hospitals. I have been a featured speaker at many conventions, workshops, and colleges. I have also taught at several colleges on the treatment areas noted above and on the basis of healthy relationships. Much of my graduate work focused on the nature of relationships, especially in the areas of sexuality, intimacy, and values I possess graduate degrees in both counseling and philosophy.