The goal of counseling is to find ways of reconnecting with our sense of authenticity and purpose which is crucial for long lasting psychological healing. Anxiety, grief, anger, and insecurity (the four horses of neurosis) are wild and untamed when we feel separated from our true nature. When we are grounded in our identity, we are able to use these uncomfortable feelings as tools of navigation instead of experiences to be fought and suppressed. My approach to counseling looks for opportunities of supporting underlying depth in order to integrate the full spectrum of experiences into a meaningful whole.
This approach to counseling is good and effective for those who are specifically looking for an added dimension of psychological process, who do not want to identify with being a victim, but, instead, wish to use the present crisis as a catalyst for growth.
I have close to 20 years of counseling experience, an extensive background in depth psychology (MA Pacifica Graduate Institute), have lived and worked with indigenous people on rural Hawaii, Navajo Nation (Arizona), Thailand and Myanmar. For the past 7 years I have been working with service members and their families at installations through out Asia and Europe.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Depression, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Blended Family Issues, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Divorce and separation, Emptiness, Expats, Fatherhood Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Immigration Issues, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders , Post-traumatic stress, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
TN LPC 2901