I have five children and nine grandchildren. I lived for many years in Massachusetts and got my MSW at Boston College. I enjoy working with all ages 3-93, individuals, family, and couples. I have been especially interested in and trained additionally in Eating Disorders. Couples and Blended Families, Separation and Divorce, Addictions, and children and adults who are on the Autism spectrum. My approach is solution-focused, trying to identify how to improve one's life situation. I am empathetic, calm, and witty at times. I have experienced a great deal in my life that has helped to make me a good, devoted therapist.
Additional areas of focus: Coping with addictions, LGBTQ+ related issues, Trauma and abuse, Coping with grief and loss, Intimacy related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Motivation, self esteem, and confidence, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Executive and professional coaching, Compassion fatigue, Concentration, memory and focus (ADHD), Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method, Imago Relationship Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
FL LCSW SW16112