I am a Marraige and Family Therapiist licensed in California with over 10 years of experience working with a variety of backgrounds. The variety of people, careers, and experience has helped me develop clinical skills which I use in my current practice. I have experience with all ages from children to adults, to those in end of life situations (palliative and hospice care). I have experience working with many socioeconomic status, race, culture, religions, and beliefs. I have a great deal of experience working with foster youth, adopted families, blended families, Christians, cancer patients and palliative care. I have experinece in substance abuse as well as law enforcement matters. I have been doing counseling for the last 3 years formally. However, I have been a social worker since 2004, graduate level since 2008. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, cancer related issues, grief and loss, and forgiveness. I have helped many families and individuals.
My counseling style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic and rational-emotive counseling. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
It takes courage to seek for a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you.
I look forward to working with you!
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Depression, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Adoption and foster care, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Family problems, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Money and financial issues, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 110876