What I Do

My approach to psychotherapy is collaborative and flexible. While my primary orientation is psychodynamic, or insight-oriented, I am also comfortable working in a more structured way to address immediate and specific goals. I work with adolescents and adults of all ages, and primarily utilize individual psychotherapy and couples counseling. I have significant experience working with clients who exhibit serious mood disorders (such as depression and bipolar spectrum disorders), anxiety disorders, and trauma issues. In addition, I work with people going through such issues as divorce, grief and loss (including pet loss), retirement adjustment, relationship difficulties, and chronic pain. Finally, I offer disability evaluations for mental health conditions.

I pride myself on being real and down to earth so you can trust I am not judging, shaming, or trying to control you in any way. My hope for you is that you can feel better and overcome the concerns you have - within yourself, your relationships, on the job, or with friends and family. I can help you find the path to building stronger, healthier relationships, work through past hurts and traumas, grow to love and accept yourself, improve your self-confidence, and care for yourself in ways you never imagined. Changing our lives and situations is a process; however, within the therapeutic relationship it can be comforting and liberating at the same time.