I am licensed in Maryland with 7 years of professional work experience, ranging from medical social work (Emergency Dept and Shock Trauma @ University of Maryland Medical Center), to working with children from rural populations, to focused support and intervention (mainly psychotherapy) with US military Veterans. Military populations are a specialty area for me.
My experience as a therapist has focused on addressing trauma, depression and anxiety. It also includes working in the areas of attachment styles, ego strengthening, Jungian concepts, and personality style/type explorations and counseling. I emphasize total integration of self through somatic, cognitive and emotional therapy modalities.
Core therapies that I use include Somatic Experiencing (advanced practitioner), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Therapy for Depression (IPT-D), Eye-Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization (EMDR), and Clinical Hypnosis.
While my primary focus is to help clients achieve their desired therapeutic goals, I also strive to help clients better understand their ‘deal’ (in therapist language, their overall ‘case conceptualization’). I find that when clients better understand their unique life experience in the light of current understandings of human psychology and physiology, they then often have a better understanding of what they may need to address over the longer journey of their life.
Anyone who steps onto the path of psychotherapy is a brave soul. I honor your courage, and will bring my dedication to being an aid along your path.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Coping with life changes, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Post-traumatic stress, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Hypnotherapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
MD LCSW-C 21174