About

You’re functioning well - how to flourish? What’s missing? What’s getting in your way? Perhaps pesky, repetitive patterns in your relationships, including the way you affect others are tripping you up and you're ready to look at your contribution to this as well as how these patterns might show up in our relationship. Perhaps an ossified negative introject is getting in your way. Perhaps intermittent soul loss. Perhaps you're struggling with creating meaning and purpose in your life. I'm a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania and work with people across the lifespan. I’ve internalized ethics and theory so that I’m able to be present with you, your voice, your intonation, your expression. I've had scads of post-graduate education and continue to be an active learner. I understand the goals of psychotherapy as 1, understanding ourselves 2, cultivating adaptive relationships with your inner reality and with others 3, widening the sphere of internal and behavioral choice and 4, transforming recalcitrant wounds into compassion for yourself and others. My approach is insight-oriented, relational and holistic as we listen to how your story's construction is playing out in your life. I’ve worked in a primary care setting and readily integrate sleep, nutrition, movement, self-care and stress management into our conversation. Let’s integrate your brain-heart-gut mind so that your growth trajectory continues to emerge and evolve throughout your life. Are you a parent challenged by your child’s behavior? Let’s talk - I’m trained in filial play therapy and can help you to reset your relationship with your child. Are you consciously affected by how humans treat other animals as well as other humans? What about how our planet is raped, pillaged and plundered to extract “resources.” Are you drawn to living with least harm? Let’s mourn, work through this grief and come through with renewed energy to create a compassionate world. The only way out is through. Let’s lean in -