Services

There can be many explanations for your current difficulties. Using psychodynamic techniques, our conversations in individual therapy may help us explore ways that early life experiences and relationships influence your present mood and behavior. We may also utilize cognitive-behavioral techniques to expose thought patterns or behaviors that get in the way. Therapy can be short term and solution-focused or it can be long-term; together, we decide. My goal is to help people uncover their personal pathway toward a healthier and more satisfying life.

All families have times of conflict. When one person experiences change or emotional distress, it affects other family members. Family therapy can help with improving skills in areas such as communication and problem-solving. This is also true in couples counseling, where relationship effectiveness can also be improved with a process-oriented interpersonal approach — a focus on the “here and now” experiences in relationships and how a couple is attached to each other.

I provide premarital counseling using the PREPARE program and marriage counseling using the ENRICH program. I am dedicated to helping people create and sustain loving, nurturing relationships.

I provide therapy, process-oriented clinical supervision, and consultations for established therapists, counseling psychology students, and trainees who are working toward the PA Licensed Professional Counselor credential. Therapy for therapists is discreet, mutually respectful assistance with the counselor’s personal issues that may arise in doing counseling work. Clinical supervision is focused on counseling technique and countertransference issues. My goal is to build the profession of counseling by building professional counselors.

A variety of programs, both educational and experiential, are available and can be customized as needed. Examples include:

• Compassion Fatigue – Voluntarily entering into the suffering of others has an effect on the helper. This workshop identifies the potential pitfalls of compassionate helping and teaches strategies for avoiding burnout.
• Dealing with Difficult People – What kind of person “gets to you”? Do you like how you respond? This program teaches strategies for dealing with those trapped and overwhelmed feelings you get from manipulative, arrogant or aggressive people.
• Depression
• Dreams – Across ages and cultures, dreams have been a source of fascination and fear. Yet few people know how to use these powerful images for personal growth and creativity. This workshop examines personal dreams to: connect dreams to waking life, become more effective in relationships, enhance personal development.
• Empowering Couples – Most people get their cars serviced frequently, schedule an annual physical exam and get their teeth cleaned every six months. Yet when it comes to maintaining the most central relationship of their life, few people know what to do. This is a strengths-based coaching program for couples who are interested in keeping their relationship vital.
• Forgiveness – If forgiving feels better than hurting, why is it so hard to do? This poignant workshop helps you look at your decisions and desires concerning interpersonal offenses, and provides ways to adopt a forgiving lifestyle.
• Empowering Parents – Raising “good-enough” kids in a perfection-seeking world. This program is designed to help you navigate the challenges of parenting young children and maintain a strong parent-child relationship.
• Loss & Bereavement – Coping with life’s losses can be one of the most challenging experiences people face. Learn simple but powerful ways to manage grief.