Services
- Individual
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Do you want to be free from anxiety? From panic attacks? Are you tired of constantly feeling on edge, with your heart racing and muscles tense? Do you have reactions to situations that seem exaggerated and extreme, but you have no idea why? Are your emotional reactions inconsistent with your logical thoughts and beliefs? If your answer is yes to any of these, then I look forward to working with you to heal and develop effective strategies to achieve the peace and freedom you desire.
My Background and Approach
Having had the privilege of working with many individuals and families over the past 25 years, I know that every person is unique and will work to meet you where you are in your process of addressing life’s challenges. My approach to counseling is integrative and strengths-based. I will help you to identify your areas of strength and to access resources from within yourself and your community to support your overall resilience. As a therapist, my experience includes helping people as they work through various life stages and transitions such as divorce or loss of a significant other, parenting, disrupted attachments, LGBTQIA issues, ongoing or critical health and chronic pain issues, abuse, job loss, and end of life concerns. I have special interest in working with those who experience anxiety, highly sensitive persons, and with survivors of trauma.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe we all approach life with great expectations, and that we should! Each one of us has intrinsic value and my goal is to help those I work with to think, feel and act in ways that are consistent with their true selves. We all benefit from a witness to our experience; someone willing to be with us in whatever we're going through so we know we're not alone and that what we're feeling can be acknowledged and addressed AND we can be okay. We all benefit from recognizing both the causes of our emotional reactions and how to best be resilient on a day-to-day basis. I have a special interest in issues connected to highly sensitive persons, misophonia, spiritual abuse and religious trauma, and traumatic brain injuries. I provide psychological support to overseas employees of an international non-profit organization. I am active in promoting whole brain living and supporting international adoptees and their families.