About Therapy

Psychotherapy involves a self-paced exploration of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that may cause pain or difficulty in your life.  Talking through problems with a skilled professional helps you develop understanding and insight into your concerns, allowing you to change and heal.

Psychotherapy allows you to identify and remove obstacles to personal growth.   The problems that bring people into therapy come from many sources.  They may result from current or past family conflicts, from the social environment or from inner emotional conflict.   The difficulties may be related to cultural, spiritual, or health issues.  

Ultimately, therapy can help you learn more effective strategies to reach your goals.  It can help you to meet life head on, with courage and creativity, and fully experience what life has to offer.

My Areas of Interest

• Relationship and intimacy issues
  
• Effective communication
  
• Depression, anxiety and self esteem problems
  
• Bereavement and loss
  
• Recovery from eating disorders, sexual abuse, trauma
  
• Managing life crises and life transitions
  
• Ethnocultural issues, biracial families, and acculturation
• Health related concerns and the emotional aspects of illness
• Managing/Balancing career and family
• Learning to make self a priority
•  Stress related to infertility and reproductive technology
• Sexual identity issues
• Getting “unstuck” and finding one’s passion
• Blockages to creativity
• Becoming more effective at work and developing leadership skills
• Parenting Issues
  
  
  

A Note about Insurance
As a licensed clinical psychologist, I can assist you in submitting forms to your insurance company if you are eligible for reimbursement.   I ask that each session be paid for at the time of service.   I do not directly participate on HMO or PPO provider panels, but occasionally insurance companies will cover some of the cost for out of network providers