Individual Psychotherapy
I provide both short and long-term psychotherapy to individuals, tailoring treatment to fit each person's specific needs. I work with a wide variety of problems including, but not limited to, the following:
I provide both short and long-term psychotherapy to individuals, tailoring treatment to fit each person's specific needs. I work with a wide variety of problems including, but not limited to, the following:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma
- PTSD
- Life transitions, including Divorce and Aging
- Grief and Loss
- Personality Disorders
- Narcissism
- Borderline Personality
- Bi-polar Disorder
- Stress
- Women’s Issues
Couple Therapy
I provide therapy to couples who are struggling with relationship conflicts. My emphasis is on understanding each person's emotional needs and point of view as a way of helping the couple establish a safe and secure attachment in which trust, intimacy and emotional fulfillment can grow.
Family Therapy
I work with parents who need support and guidance through difficult family conflicts and transitions. I have a particular interest in working with families in which one or more members suffers from a serious mental illness such as Bi-polar Disorder or Schizophrenia.
Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Contemporary Psychoanalysis provides both interpretation and emotional connection. Working collaboratively with the patient, the analyst offers emotional understanding specific to the needs of the patient. For people interested in knowing themselves deeply and bringing into awareness the previously unexamined principles by which they function, Contemporary Psychoanalysis can be transformative because it offers a safe relational home for trying out new, more functional ways of being. The experience of intensive Contemporary Psychoanalysis, requiring, as it does, a commitment to more frequent sessions, can be uniquely valuable.
Supervision/Consultation/Classes
For licensed and pre-licensed professionals I offer both individual and group supervision.
When I find that several licensed or pre-licensed therapists are interested in learning more about Contemporary Psychoanalysis I also can offer small workshops with presentations by ICP (Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis) psychoanalysts and upper level candidates who have extensive experience in contemporary, psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapy.
If you are a licensed or pre-licensed professional and would like to learn more about Contemporary Psychoanalysis please call me. (805) 668-0223.