About Me


About Me

People often ask me how/why I do what I do. It is simple, I love being a therapist. I believe in my client’s ability to heal and transcend their lives in a meaningful and purposeful way. I have been a mental health therapist for over 35 years and have completed thousand of hours of advanced training in trauma and relationship counseling.

I am a Nationally Certified Therapist Certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). I am also in the process of becoming certified in Emotionally Focused Couples therapy. EFT is one of the only scientifically researched and validated successful approaches to couples therapy. In addition I am certified as a yoga instructor.



My specializations include:

Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders including adult children of dysfunctional family issues, single and developmental trauma.

Relationship counseling including Couples Counseling, Friendships.

Anxiety using a Mindfulness Based approach as well as Eye-movement Desensitization and Client Centered therapies

My role is to assist you in finding your own truth and guide you towards your accomplishing your vision and goals

My specialization in relationships goes beyond couples counseling They include:

  • Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)
  • Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(C-PTSD)
  • Couple and relationship counseling Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Adult Children of dysfunction and addiction second stage recovery issues
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Life Transitions
  • Grief

About Therapy

In determining the goals of therapy, some may want to forget the past and deal with current situations. I agree that dwelling on the past is not helpful. However, if past events are negatively impacting the lens in which you experience the present then understanding and resolving those experiences is important for meaningful change to occur.

In order to achieve these goals, I work with a model called AIP (Accelerated Information Processing) which is based on the assumption that the brain tends to deal with and process disturbing events that lead to an adaptive and healthy resolution. If, however, there have been situations in the past that are painfully emotionally charged, it is possible that this healthy process is blocked, and current feelings and behaviors are not always appropriate (or useful) to the here and now. So if you experience repeated outdated/self-defeating behaviors from the past they may be keeping you from experiencing the change you desire today. It is possible that you have prior events that have been “hardwired in” that keep you stuck. Customized approaches are collaboratively agreed upon and used to resolve these blocks and move on in your life.

You will literally reconstruct new beliefs and experiences that support the way you want to be and feel. You will in a sense "rewire your brain's neruo-networks" and "download new thoughts and feelings."


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