My therapeutic approach is direct and compassionate. Patients often tell me that I “keep it real.” I tend to be more vocal than traditional therapists. I seek to help my patients better understand their experiences by considering family of origin, core beliefs, values and cultural influences. With this knowledge, I believe, it is much easier to identify solutions and change harmful patterns of behavior. My specialties include treating eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa an...
Growth Therapy provides individual, couple, and family therapy to help awesome people who feel stuck to be more relaxed, have more control over their lives, and improve their relationships. You might be considering counseling for yourself or someone close to you. All of the therapists at Growth Therapy use warmth and humor to help you feel comfortable right away. We will spend our first session talking about what brings you in, what you want to get out of your sessions, and will tell you what...
Offering in person and online sessions. During the college years, many issues can emerge that can be difficult to navigate on your own. Perhaps the adjustment is more difficult than you imagined and you find yourself feeling anxious and sad. You may be struggling with academic demands, social pressures, and family issues. Perhaps you are just not feeling grounded, comfortable or good about yourself. Therapy can help you to sort through these issues so you can get back on track. I...
For thirty years I've had the privilege of working with individuals and couples through the challenges life brings. Trained as a marital and family therapist, this clinical framework also provides a helpful way to think about issues that individuals face. So we'll look at context, history, family dynamics past and present as we sort out the issues you face. I'm also a licensed alcohol and drug counselor with extensive experience supporting individuals and families dealing with the effects o...
Ever since that awful event, do you hate being touched by your partner? Do you feel misunderstood and now you’re worried that your partner, friends, and family are starting to resent you? Have you felt distant or disconnected because you can’t get disturbing images out of your head? Therapy can help. I help young adults learn the skills needed to turn down the volume of overwhelming emotions so that they can live fully and love deeply....
We don’t talk enough about the crushing pressure and unrealistic expectations put on women by the world and ourselves, and it’s easy to constantly spiral into comparison mode in a world ruled by social media and others’ highlight reels. Whether you’re holding the suffocating weight of grief, feeling suffocated by relentless anxiety, or feeling overwhelmed, numb, and disconnected as you adjust to a major life transition, I am here to support you; to listen to the thoughts you’re afraid to say out...
I think about patients from a psychodynamic perspective, and I make liberal use of both psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral techniques. In plain English? In all therapeutic endeavors, I try to maintain a balance between exploring early contributors to current troubles on the one hand -- and, on the other, focusing on present-day patterns that maintain or exacerbate them. I work from the premise that our choices and behavior often have unconscious motivations and unarticulated assumptions. ...