Do you find yourself thinking...

..."My relationship is not satisfying and I don't know what to do to make it better."

..."I always seem to attract the same type of boyfriend/girlfriend, and the relationship never works out."

..."I'll always be alone."

..."I'm not happy with my job."

..."I never really get what I want."

..."I feel anxious all the time and don't understand why."

..."I can't seem to be able to get past the trauma I experienced."

Psychotherapy will help.

Having practiced psychotherapy for many years and having been in therapy myself, I understand the many questions and worries people bring into the consulting room. Will the therapist understand me? Can I trust the therapist with my most difficult feelings? How do I know therapy will work for me? How does psychotherapy actually help? Can the therapist relate to me? Will I feel comfortable with the therapist?

My approach to therapy is simple:

Come as you are.

Come just as you are, and I will listen to you with careful attention. Our work together will help you listen more deeply to the stirrings of your heart and mind.

I tend to be a very active therapist and will engage you in a dialogue. I will listen very carefully to you. I will ask questions to try to understand your experiences, to understand how you think about yourself and your life. You and I will reflect together on the perceptions and beliefs you might have about yourself--how they might support you as well as how they might impede your ability to be happy. Together, we will find solutions that will best serve you.

I practice:

Psychodynamic therapies
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy

What do you desire?

What DO you desire? Desires are at the heart of being human. We all have them. Desires give us energy to reach out, engage in relationships, and be creative. The trouble is that many of us grew up in families where our desires were not fully accepted or affirmed. It's my experience that thwarted desires give rise to depression, anxiety, loneliness and anger. By listening to your desires, by exploring those experiences that thwarted your desires, and by exploring the possibility of experiencing your desires today, you'll feel better, become more creative, and have satisfying relationships.

Who is important to you?

Do you want to feel less alone? Have meaningful intimacy with a partner? Deepen your relationship with your current husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend? Improving our relationships is often a goal for therapy--a goal that makes sense: we are wired for relationships. Relationships are complicated, though, because each of us brings a unique combination of past experiences, personal traits, desires and needs to our relationships. Our work together will help you learn about how and why you relate to others as you do.

Tell me your story.

It is important that you have an opportunity to tell your life story to a therapist who is safe and accepting. It's important that you be able to tell your story well because, by telling your story well, you will gain insights that can transform and heal. Telling me your story will give us both insights into how your mind works: how you think about yourself, your relationships, the world. It's also important that you be able to tell me what has happened to you, how you feel about it, how trauma as impacted you.

The ways we think about ourselves and others can either open or close doors on to new experiences. Psychotherapy provides you a safe opportunity to examine yourself and your experienced. You'll get to know yourself better, and that knowledge can liberate you to make different decisions for yourself. You will heal.

Reach for the life you want.

The experience of deep listening, the experience of being understood and supported, the experience of having your desires supported, the experience of relationship and intimacy--these are creative and life-sustaining experiences. Effective psychotherapy help you create the life you want.