Welcome, and thank you for for your interest in my counseling and psychotherapy practice, where I have the privilege to meet with individuals and couples of all ages and in any kind of life transition!

Since you are visiting my home page, I assume that there is something in your life that is bothering you, and you consider seeking professional help with your concerns. With all my respect for the deeper reasons to your search for a therapist you can trust and feel comfortable with, I want to assure you, that taking the first step toward psychotherapy or counseling can be the beginning of a healing journey within. When, with assistance and caring support from a trusted other, you discover that it is possible to move away from the shadow of self-defeating thoughts and feelings, into the light of awareness of your strengths, resources and abilities, the road you travel finds a new meaning.

• If you struggle with the lingering effects of past or present trauma, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, psychotherapy can help making sense of how and why experiences stored in your biological, psychological, and spiritual memory continue to cause existential difficulties, and provide new and effective tools for restoring vitality and potential for fulfillment of your dreams.
• Perhaps you are fighting battles with depression, anxiety, fear, low self-esteem, negative self-talk, panic, or indefinable worries. Counseling can provide the skills needed to feel better, to make more informed choices, and to deal with your problems in a more self-enhancing way.  
• Maybe difficult life transitions, such as medical issues, family illness, divorce, betrayal, aging, or retirement have become overwhelmingly painful and discouraging to you. Reaching out for professional counseling can help validate and ease your pain, offer new ways of dealing with what hurts, and provide emotional support when needed the most.
• When alcohol, drugs, food, shopping, gambling, or compulsive use of the cyber space no longer provide moments of relaxation and emotional relief, but instead create anxiety, fear, emptiness, spiritual meltdown, problems in relationships, numbness and emotional isolation, psychotherapy can give you tools to master impulses, restore dignity, respect, and intimacy in primary connections.

“Each day, we’re given many opportunities to open up or shut down. The most precious opportunity presents itself when we come to a place where we think we can’t handle whatever is happening.”
Pema Chödrön

I provide a peaceful, professional, and relaxing environment for us to work, and all my experience, knowledge, support, and guidance as we explore how your personality, feelings, relationships, and beliefs about yourself and others have been influenced by events and encounters throughout your life. Individual psychotherapy and couple's counseling can help identifying and understanding recurring patterns in your personal life and relationships; provide new tools to promote change; offer healing, hope, and mindfulness to living a more satisfying and happier life. Your past and present difficulties do not have to continue control your mood, thoughts, connections, and choices for the rest of your life. As your therapist, I am committed to helping you reach your goals, and to live a happier life.

I would be pleased to initially meet with you over the phone, and welcome you to call me!.

April, 2010