About

If I had only one piece of advice to share, it would be that as human beings, we only have one opportunity to experience the universe, and that is in our lifetime. We all have the power to make that experience a fantastic journey, lived in gratitude and with positive emotions. My mental health/addictions counseling career began 25 years ago in my mid-life. I am very fortunate to have made this career transition. It allowed me to align with an essential value of mine, giving something back to the world. Also, I have experienced enormous personal benefits through the changes in my thinking that lead me to live in gratitude, acceptance, and serenity. My career began in business and education, and eventually, I was part of a business startup that failed. I became depressed as my business was dying, and for the first time in my life, I reached out for help from a therapist. My therapist helped me see that my depression resulted from me extrapolating the business failure to believing I was a personal failure. This experience of how changing one's perspective/attitude about life events can shift one's emotional outcome was powerful and life-changing. I wanted to help people challenge their self-defeating beliefs, think more effectively, and live their lives more effectively. My primary counseling focus is on Cognitive and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy. My training in psychology and addiction counseling has enabled me to be of service to my clients and change my thinking. While we are all going to experience some pain, loss, and suffering, with tools and motivation, we can work through the negative emotions and get back to positive emotions and make our life journey a better one. Identifying our values and living according to those values is another key to more happiness and positive emotions. I have embraced spirituality in my life.