I am licensed in New York and New Jersey with an array of 30+ years of professional work experience. I've facilitated groups at halfway houses, worked in numerous crisis centers and hospitals, advocated and counseled people who have been survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, worked with TBI clients, etc. All of these work endeavors were to seek answers on how best to help people. It is also for this reason that I'm eternally learning new evidence-based approaches to therapy. I hold certifications in trauma, ADHD, nutrition and mental health, grief, integrative sex therapy, DBT, as well as extensive knowledge in anxiety, depression, mood disorders, etc. On a national level, I train other professionals on sexual trauma. All of this education is designed to give you as many tools as possible to help you achieve your goals and alleviate your symptoms starting with the first session. I have learned that around 80% of the strategies I've learned will work for you and about 20% will be unique to you. We'll figure your recipe out together. Life can be wonderful, and I want you living your best life instead of in therapy with me once a week. Of course, we will go at a pace that works for you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Commitment issues, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Expats, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
NY LMHC 008982
NJ LMFT 37PC01019600