I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California with 14 plus years as a counselor, author, consultant and therapist. My expertise is working with women and men to address self esteem, depression, anxiety, toxic relationship dynamics and creating healthy boundaries, assertiveness, self confidence, finding one’s purpose and achieving life goals. My other areas of expertise include: Relationship conflicts, women's issues, trauma, creating healthy relationships, self-esteem and dealing with life's challenges. I wrote a book about conflicts and abuse in relationships and have helped many dealing with everyday life struggles to become their best version of themselves.
The first session is really an opportunity for me to get to know my client's story, their experiences and challenges and what has or has not worked in the past with therapy so we can create a plan together to develop treatment strategies and ways to process the issues.
Due to my extensive experience across a broad areas of challenges and issues I believe I bring wisdom and alternative ways of looking at these issues. Getting to know my client and build a strong rapport is very important to me.
I have worked with attachment styles for years dealing with anxious and avoidant attachment styles based on early childhood relationships and interpersonal relationships.
If someone requests Christian focused counseling I incorporate the spiritual component into therapy and how our thoughts impact our moods and focus.
I use methods of visualization, gestalt, empty chair and other methods of experiential therapy with clients who benefit from this method for grief and loss, trauma, unhealed relationships and self-esteem. I also use CBT, mindfulness, gratitude, journaling and other forms of therapy as needed based on the client's objectives and their preferences and responses to treatment.