Services
Welcome to my practice.
I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to help you.
I provide individual therapy for adults.
I also provide family therapy sessions as an adjunct to a client's individual therapy.
I also provide psychological screenings for ovum donor and gestational carrier candidates
for a local fertility medical center.
I offer a 15 minute phone consultation free of charge before scheduling an initial session.
I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to help you.
I provide individual therapy for adults.
I also provide family therapy sessions as an adjunct to a client's individual therapy.
I also provide psychological screenings for ovum donor and gestational carrier candidates
for a local fertility medical center.
I offer a 15 minute phone consultation free of charge before scheduling an initial session.
Let me describe how I view psychotherapy.
I view the therapeutic relationship as a vessel to help you change, grow, and gain insight so you can reach your goals and desires to live your best life possible. Your session is a place to tell me about your important experiences, what they mean to you, and what strong feelings are connected to them. My theoretical training has mainly been based on a psychodynamic model. Insight is utilized as a means for change, and this model emphasizes creating a safe environment to be able to tell your story and work through feelings.
I also utilize cognitive/behavioral techniques to undo unhealthy thought patterns
that contribute to feelings of stress, anxiety, and low mood.
Psychotherapy requires active involvement, both your's and mine.
A part of therapy will be practicing new skills that you will learn in our sessions.
Change will sometimes be easy and quick, but sometimes it can be slow and frustrating,
and you will need to keep trying.
There are no instant, painless cures.
However, you can learn new ways of looking at your problems
that can be helpful for changing your feelings and reactions.
Most of my clients see me once a week, and we usually meet for a 45-50minute session.
We schedule sessions for both your and my convenience, according to space available.
For our first few sessions, we will be discussing a lot of basic information and doing some history-gathering. Within a reasonable period of time after the initiation of treatment, I will discuss with you my working understanding of the problem, treatment plan, therapeutic objectives, and my view of the possible outcomes of treatment. In your treatment plan, we can list the areas you want to work on, the goals, the timeframe, and other components. From time to time, we will review your goals and progress. If we think there is a need, we can change your treatment plan and/or its methods.
Therapy comes to an end when your treatment goals have been met. The process of ending therapy, called “termination,” is a valuable part of the work. Stopping therapy should not be done casually. Either of us may decide to end it, if we believe it is in your best interest. If you wish to stop therapy at any time, I ask that you agree to meet for at least one session to review our work together. We will review our goals, the work we have done, any future work that needs to be done, and your options for continued treatment. If you would like to take a “time out” from therapy to try it on your own, we can discuss the most productive way to handle this.
Usually, I take notes during our meetings. If you are uncomfortable with this, please let me know.
Social justice reform is an important issue for me, personally & professionally. In my work as a clinical psychologist, I strive to move beyond simple cultural competence.
The effects of racial trauma show up in emotional, cognitive, social, physical, somatic, behavioral, & spiritual ways and must be acknowledged in order to be healed.
You should know that I am a licensed psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist.
I cannot prescribe or provide you with any drugs or medication, or perform medical procedures.
I view the therapeutic relationship as a vessel to help you change, grow, and gain insight so you can reach your goals and desires to live your best life possible. Your session is a place to tell me about your important experiences, what they mean to you, and what strong feelings are connected to them. My theoretical training has mainly been based on a psychodynamic model. Insight is utilized as a means for change, and this model emphasizes creating a safe environment to be able to tell your story and work through feelings.
I also utilize cognitive/behavioral techniques to undo unhealthy thought patterns
that contribute to feelings of stress, anxiety, and low mood.
Psychotherapy requires active involvement, both your's and mine.
A part of therapy will be practicing new skills that you will learn in our sessions.
Change will sometimes be easy and quick, but sometimes it can be slow and frustrating,
and you will need to keep trying.
There are no instant, painless cures.
However, you can learn new ways of looking at your problems
that can be helpful for changing your feelings and reactions.
Most of my clients see me once a week, and we usually meet for a 45-50minute session.
We schedule sessions for both your and my convenience, according to space available.
For our first few sessions, we will be discussing a lot of basic information and doing some history-gathering. Within a reasonable period of time after the initiation of treatment, I will discuss with you my working understanding of the problem, treatment plan, therapeutic objectives, and my view of the possible outcomes of treatment. In your treatment plan, we can list the areas you want to work on, the goals, the timeframe, and other components. From time to time, we will review your goals and progress. If we think there is a need, we can change your treatment plan and/or its methods.
Therapy comes to an end when your treatment goals have been met. The process of ending therapy, called “termination,” is a valuable part of the work. Stopping therapy should not be done casually. Either of us may decide to end it, if we believe it is in your best interest. If you wish to stop therapy at any time, I ask that you agree to meet for at least one session to review our work together. We will review our goals, the work we have done, any future work that needs to be done, and your options for continued treatment. If you would like to take a “time out” from therapy to try it on your own, we can discuss the most productive way to handle this.
Usually, I take notes during our meetings. If you are uncomfortable with this, please let me know.
Social justice reform is an important issue for me, personally & professionally. In my work as a clinical psychologist, I strive to move beyond simple cultural competence.
The effects of racial trauma show up in emotional, cognitive, social, physical, somatic, behavioral, & spiritual ways and must be acknowledged in order to be healed.
You should know that I am a licensed psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist.
I cannot prescribe or provide you with any drugs or medication, or perform medical procedures.