I am trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities that I utilize based on your immediate life challenges, personal history, and goals for therapy. My approach is rooted in respect for your unique experiences, and I am committed to creating a space where you feel heard, valued, and supported. With kindness and compassion, I will guide you in exploring your inner world, helping you uncover insights and build self-awareness. Along the way, I will also challenge you to grow, introducing new tools and strategies to help you cope with life’s challenges and move towards the life you truly desire. My goal is to empower you to create meaningful change and achieve lasting well-being.
Treating Anxiety
Offering comprehensive strategies to effectively manage and reduce your level of anxiety and learn to live more fully in the present.
Working with Trauma Histories
Using trauma informed therapy modalities, including EMDR and IFS, I will work with you to process painful memories and heal from past traumas.
Addressing Low Self-Worth
My hope is to move you toward a sense of value based on who you are and not what you produce or how you perceive other’s see you.
Couples Therapy
I work with couples to repair emotional injuries, build connection and trust, and learn effective communication techniques that endure outside the therapy space.
Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I use Exposure and Response Prevention as well as other modalities to help individual clients and couples build a tool box they can use to reduce the impact of OCD on their daily lives.
OCD Group Therapy
Group therapy offers significant benefits for individuals with OCD by fostering a supportive environment where they can share experiences, gain valuable coping strategies from others facing similar challenges, and reduce feelings of isolation through the reassurance that they are not alone in dealing with intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
Diverse Therapeutic Approaches
In addition to the therapeutic modalities listed, my work with clients is always Attachment-based, Compassion Focused, Culturally Sensitive, Strength-Based, and Trauma-Focused.
My Qualifications
Licensed by the State of California
Clinical Social Worker, Lic #17104. Licensed since 1994
Education
Masters in Social Work 1989 and Bachelors in Developmental Psychology 1987
Psychology Today Verification
Verification means license is in good standing