I provide individual, family, couples, and sex therapy in my private practice, YY Therapy, LLC, in Denver and Westminster. I have specialty training and experience utilizing a variety of therapeutic techniques and approaches to help my clients from different backgrounds around the issues of relationship/intimacy/performance issues, sexual pleasure, family changes and dynamics, adolescent issues/behaviors, gender identity, sexual orientation, abuse and trauma, substance abuse, grief and loss, Autism and developmental disability, dual diagnoses, stress management, chronic and persistent mental health conditions like Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, and Personality Disorders. Please visit my website: www.yytherapy.com, for more information. I look forward to working with you in your journey of healing and empowerment!

My philosphy is that everything is connected, the past, present and future. Our current family acts in accordance to continuing patterns of our family of origin and their ancestors. When working with clients I look for healthy and dysfunctional patterns. We trace the origin of these patterns as far back as needed to disentangle from the dysfunctional once, so we can live healthy and productive lives.

Everything we have ever experienced is stored three dimensionally in our memory and can be recalled. This is important because we use this internal map to trace the steps back into the past to understand the origin of our difficulties. Life loves understanding and order and in return both of these characteristics create peace of mind.

Mutual arising believes that with every issue we encounter, the solution is already present as well.

I am experienced working with college students, young adults and adolescents. I am adept at supporting clients as they navigate life transitions, stress, relationship issues, self-esteem and life challenges. I practice a Humanistic approach to psychotherapy. This theoretical orientation adopts a holistic approach to human existence. The aim is to help the client approach a stronger and more healthy sense of self. I believe that the client is the expert in their own life experiences and that the therapist can provide a safe and supportive container for the client to explore and make meaning of their strengths and challenges, identify patterns and create healthy change. I view relationships with others as the center of therapeutic treatment. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is essential to the practice of effective therapy.