I Am An Interactive Individual, Couples and Family Therapist
The purpose of my work is to decrease your suffering while helping you fulfill your unique potential as an individual. To help you achieve that, I will give you constructive feedback during our time together. My years of training have equipped me with various skills and resourceful approaches to guide you through the therapeutic process.
For example, one skill is my ability to understand many self-destructive and counterproductive patterns (often unconscious) that you may fall into. Other skills that I offer are my use of constructive questions to build your self-awareness, and knowing when to be a bit firm and nudge you into greater discovery, and when to be more gentle instead.
Collaborative Counseling for Individuals and Couples
I view you as my partner in the therapeutic process. I will supply the above-mentioned skills. However, you come into therapy knowing about your life – your past and present experiences, and your thoughts and feelings. Eventually something wonderful happens. Over time, not only do I learn about your life and your history, but you learn the skills to better understand your own psyche, and you will become familiar with your self-defeating patterns. We learn from each other, and you come to understand yourself better. Eventually, you will become more empowered, because you will be much more aware of yourself. And it is from that awareness that you will make many positive changes in your life.
About Me:
Throughout my career, I have cultivated skills which not only enable me to understand how a person developed their difficulties, but also to explore both your past and your present in order to help you make the necessary changes that can lead to a happier and more well-adjusted life.
After earning my Bachelor of Science degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Fordham University in New York City, then worked as a psychologist at various hospitals and clinics. I later completed a four-year training program in Psychoanalysis at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology.
Currently I teach and supervise other psychotherapists because I want to contribute to my discipline and its continued development. I have supervised psychotherapists at both the William Alanson White Institute and at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Additionally, I teach students seeking advanced training in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD
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