Services/Treatment Approach

I provide individual therapy to adults who are experiencing a wide range of concerns.

Specialization: I have over 30 years of experience as a therapist and have worked with a wide range of concerns and personal issues.  I have extensive experience working with men and women suffering from depression and anxiety, as well as those healing from trauma in childhood.   I have helped a number of men struggling with excessive use of internet pornography.  I also have extensive experience working with men and women in ministry and religious life and some of the special challenges of this life.

Treatment Approaches: I have helped many clients integrate mindfulness and self compassion into their daily lives, which is a way of learning to slow down, become more aware of what is happening in and around ourselves, and changing unhelpful patterns in a compassionate way.  This has been particularly helpful to my clients who suffer from anxiety, depression, and the aftermath of trauma.

As your therapist, I want to help you experience greater freedom and happiness in your life. First and foremost I will listen with compassion and offer support. Together, we will identify changes you want to make, understand  the root of the problem, and develop tools and practices to help you. This often means being in touch with pain from the past and working to heal that pain.  In the process, my clients find that they have more compassion for themselves and others, and a greater sense of freedom in life.

I am committed to creating a safe and welcoming space for clients of all sexual orientations, racial/ethnic backgrounds, and spiritual beliefs

I am not the right person for everyone.  I am not the best therapist for someone in crisis or in need of intensive therapy, such as those recently discharged from in-patient hospitalization, in crisis, or currently struggling with self-harm, because I am a solo practitioner and can’t offer the intensive therapy this usually requires.  There are also periods of time when I am out of the office to present workshops.