My approach to counseling is strength-based, humanistic, relational, and mind/body-centered. I focus on working with the nervous system to strive for emotional regulation. Through my own personal practice and teaching, my curiosity around the healing powers of the mind-body connection grew. My first hand awareness of the mind-body connection as a therapeutic tool led me to find Somatic Counseling --- a form of psychotherapy that values this powerful connection. When working with couples, I work with a co-facilitator, Dylan Leigh, MA, LPCC. We rely heavily on attachment theory and Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT). We see the couple in tandem during session. This co-therapy model is effective and removes common hinderances to couples therapy such as triangulation.

Life follows a continuous flow. Yet, when you hit a log jam in daily living, relationships, or stress, you can't flow at all. Anxiety or depression, stops you. Your inner critic quickly points out flaws, and you can start doubting yourself or your abilities. But don't give up or give in. I bring 25 years of helping clients move through change, and the search for meaning. My approach is strength-based, with a focus on how mental, emotional, and physical health are intertwined.

Also, I specialize in issues faced by people living with chronic illness, chronic pain, or invisible disability. It's only when you can bring full awareness to your chronic condition, that you gain control and the ability to choose your way forward. I work with individuals, their families and caregivers, and run the group "Chronic Illness, Resilience, and Life!"

IECA Professional Member, IABMCP Clinical Member

Call for a FREE 20 MINUTE CONSULTATION. My emphasis is in two areas: (1) Helping people overcome GRIEF and LOSS (perhaps a DIVORCE or DEATH of a loved one); and (2) CHRONIC PAIN Release. The loss may be of a spouse, relative, friend, pet; or the loss of a parent to dementia or entering a care facility; the loss of one's own independence, freedom or mobility due to natural aging. Counseling can also be very effective in releasing CHRONIC PAIN. Many times chronic pain develops or continues due to emotional stressors. During counseling we can identify what stressors could be causing your pain. In many cases, pain that was once attributable to a solely medical cause or had no diagnosable onset, continues or is pronounced by unperceived emotional, stress-related issues, FEARS, ANXIETY. Yes, the pain is real NOT imaginary. I am here to help.