I work with young adults, adults, couples and groups.  All populations are welcome, including all races, sexual orientations (LGBTQ), elderly or disabled individuals.

Some concerns most often brought to therapy:

• Abuse: The affects of childhood abuse and/or abuse in relationship are devastating. Therapy must address the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects that result from abuse. The process is hopefully empowering with a person developing healthy boundaries, learning to make better relationship choices, and working through ongoing PTSD issues.
• Addiction: Unless an individual seeks help, addictive behavior becomes progressively destructive. The motivation to heal from the addiction is the most essential ingredient in recovery regardless of the source of the addiction.
• Anxiety: Anxiety is often passed on from one generation to the next. It is perhaps one of the most frequent issues presented in therapy. There are many helpful approaches to help with anxiety; this depends upon the roots of the person’s anxiety.
• Chronic illness/ ongoing health issues: Every aspect of life can be affected by chronic pain and illness. Therapy can help the individual to feel empowered rather than defeated when dealing with these difficult issues.
• Depression: Feeling helpless and hopeless are common symptoms of depression. Whether or not an individual is taking medication, talk therapy is essential to uncovering the thought processes that feed the downward cycle of depression.
• Eating disorders: Food often feels like our best friend and also our worse enemy. It is important to learn the difference between healthy eating and when food become a “fix”. Since food is associated with our earliest experiences of nurturing this is usually a deep and challenging issue.
• Grief and loss: Overwhelming grief may result in a reactive depression which differs from a long term depression which may have roots from the past as well as genetic factors. Both individual therapy and groups can give meaningful support to someone dealing with despair.
• Loneliness: Isolation and loneliness are unfortunately too common at this time. With patience and understanding small steps may be taken to find a way to become more connected and perhaps feel more accepted.
• Low self esteem: No one should have to go through life with deep shame and feeling like damaged goods. The therapy relationship is especially important in healing these issues.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): OCD invariably makes life unmanageable. Healing from OCD brings about a new sense of freedom and ease and a feeling of finally being in control of one’s life.
• PTSD: Post traumatic stress may result from early childhood experiences of abuse and trauma or more recent events, such as an accident, or sexual assault. These traumas leave a person with overwhelming feelings of helplessness and terror that can be triggered at any given moment. In therapy the client is introduced to Somatic Experiencing which is one of the preferred modalities for healing trauma.
• Relationship: Couples can get locked into dysfunctional patterns often resulting from unresolved childhood issues. Therapy can help on many levels ranging from better communication skills to achieving more intimacy and harmony.
• Stress: It is important to develop a variety of coping skills to deal with the overwhelming stress that many of us face today. Part of healing from stress may involve discovering new resources and going beyond present limitations.

All issues are welcome!

* severe anorexic clients must also be in treatment with a medical doctor