Services
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I offer personalized therapy for you. I use a variety of therapy tools and styles, and work to find the right one for you. I will listen deeply to understand what is causing your stress. Together we will creatively seek your solution.
Lasting change and growth come from touching the heart of the matter.
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Sessions for individuals.
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Couples counseling.
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Adults, adolescents 16 and older.
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Groups:
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Mind Training. Mindfulness skills (from Dialectical Behavior Therapy) to help steady your emotions, get you through tough times, and improve communication.
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Relationship Enhancement for couples (married or not, straight or gay). A small group of couples, learning about the habits that are harmful for relationships, and practicing replacing them with positive ways of relating. This will help you build and rebuild the love in your relationship.
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Grief and Loss. We need to connect with others to help us grieve our losses. This group facilitates healthy grief process, and touches our appreciation of how precious life really is. Grief, handled well, is a rejuvenating and uplifting process. This group meets for 8 weeks, and uses structured exercises to focus and guide you productively through grief.
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"Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, and physician (1809-1894).
My approach in couples counseling:
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First, we find out what your goals for counseling are: You want to...
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make a good relationship better.
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recover after a crisis (a loss, an affair, etc.)
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decide whether to continue in your current relationship, or separate.
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separate, and want help doing it responsibly, non-harmfully, and want to grow through the experience.
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Next, we determine what prevents you from reaching your goals.
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Finally, we do the hard work of removing the obstacles, and proceeding.
I work for the relationship. I do not take sides with one partner against the other. Each partner works on what they can do differently to improve the situation.
And, I have a bias. I am biased towards preserving committed relationships and helping them flourish.
Why would I want to be in a group?
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Because group work tends to be more powerful than individual work, and it gets greater results, faster.
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Because it is less expensive. Multiply your savings by your results, and you get much more "bang for your buck."
How can I share personal stuff with a room full of strangers?
Do people confront each other in your groups?
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A kind, respectful attitude is expected in all interactions.
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Participants "own" the group, communication between group members is often the most valuable part of being in a group.
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When others can help us see our blind spots, they help us become more whole. But that feedback needs to be given in a kind, helpful way.