Hello! My name is Jay and I am licensed in California with 24 years of counseling experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, coping with grief and loss, depression & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with so many wonderful clients.
I feel lucky that I could be a part of their lives as they strived to make changes, big and small. For me, this is the most rewarding part of my job.
Before working as a counselor, I had another, very different career, as an engineer. Although I switched out of that profession, I greatly value the critical thinking and problem solving skills that I learned while studying and working as an engineer. I think that those skills make me a better therapist.
Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Compassion fatigue, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Family of Origin Issues, Life purpose, Multicultural Concerns, Post-traumatic stress
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 48899