Services
Whether you are struggling with relationship decisions, would like to review previous life choices or need help with parenting, I look forward to assisting you in the process.
Child/parent therapy
Parenting is a challenging and rewarding adventure. If you’ve adopted a child and have a unique bonding experience, I offer a space to find support in the development of building a solid base with your child.
Addiction and recovery
Let’s work together to understand the story of your addiction in your life’s context. Focusing strongly on what underlies the addictive patterns. Together, we will collaborate to best understand what function your addiction plays, and how it deters you from what you want in life. I work with individuals who are transitioning from residential treatment back into the community; whom wish to continue therapeutic work for the next stage of their recovery.
Areas of exploration include: early childhood events, safety and trust in relationships, self understanding, support network, triggers, self-regulation and self-care, shame and guilt, relationship patterns, trauma, community support programs
couples counseling
Often the dynamics of how we engage with significant others in our lives are taught to us early on, merely by being in the environment. Those individuals that were raised in loving homes where their parents were empathetic, patient, supportive and loving will most likely gravitate towards partners who display similar traits. Conversely, the likelihood that those individuals, raised in homes that contained strained relationships, poor communication, arguing, detachment and lack of support will most likely gravitate to find what is familiar, even when they wish to avoid the dynamics of their past.
The majority of clients and couples I see fall somewhere in the middle, the gray area. Our early childhood influences and relationship modeling tend to organize our internal world and act as a template from which we build future relationships. If we are not conscious of our past, we may reenact it in the present. We may likely build the scaffolding of unfulfilling relationships. It is my wish to aide couples, discovering how each partner relates to themselves, their partner and the relationship, so we can best understand how we can change and create fulfilling relationships.
If you are still reading this, you are most likely hopeful, hopeful that both you and your partner will change and are strong and courageous enough to follow through. I will listen, observe, explore and reflect with you, different aspects of how you are with each other, both verbally and non-verbally. We will look at communication, listening, attachment/bonding and meaning making of your shared experiences so that you can decide what changes will help your relationship in the future.
case consultation & intern supervision
I enjoy sharing my clinical knowledge with those I supervise. It is my hope to be as supportive and challenging as those professionals who supervised me. Together we will look at your client’s clinical profile, life experiences and your observations of being with the client, in order to conceptualize, discuss theory and its application and develop possible treatment interventions.