Anais Nin has a famous quotation which talks about the day when the pain of remaining tightly in a bud becomes more painful than the risk of blossoming. When that day arrives for you, good therapy can help.
As an individual, marriage, and family therapist, I seek to help my clients resolve the distress that keeps them from achieving their goals and thwarts their ability to establishing and maintain healthy relationships both personally and professionally. I am interested in sitting with the less "pleasant" emotions--fear, grief, disappointment, anger--because I believe wholeheartedly that the experience of these emotions is often necessary in order to make more room for joy, fulfillment, meaning and pleasure. I am also excited about equipping my clients with coping and communication skills which will help them to navigate familiar obstacles more effectively.
I received my undergraduate degrees from Pitzer College (The Claremont Colleges) in Psychology as well as in English & World Literature: Creative Writing. This multi-disciplinary foundation helped me to discover the language of narrative therapy as well as depth oriented psychotherapy, both of which I still utilize in my treatment approach today. My education continued at Pacifica Graduate Institute where I completed a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. In addition to this formal education, I also have training in holistic medicine, healing, and yoga.
Using a whole-person centered approach and operating from a holistic and somatic perspective is central to my work as a therapist and helps to inform the rest of my treatment plans. Over the past five years I have had the opportunity to work in private practice as well as in a variety of clinical settings including The Salvation Army's Adult Rehabilitation Center, Los Angeles Family Therapy, and Health View Behavioral Services Center. These experiences helped me to learn the value of cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, modalities which I also draw on in my work.
I welcome any other questions about my treatment approach as I feel strongly that a good therapeutic fit is crucial for positive treatment outcomes.
I look forward to the possibility of speaking with you.
Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder
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