Supportive and Down-To-Earth

I have decades of experience as an Integrative Psychotherapist in private practice and in non-profit agencies. In addition I have training in and am now working as a Certified Optimize Coach. My approach to both is structured, time-limited, and with a precise focus on what your goals are.

While working as a psychotherapist in my own private practices and in mental health organizations in New York, Rhode Island, and New Mexico, I have had the honor of working with a wide variety of people facing extensive challenges such as PTSD and trauma, substance abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault.  However in my current practice my focus is more with clients who struggle with issues such as:

• depression (mild to moderate levels)

• anxiety

• loss and regret

• codependence

• deep shame

• low self-esteem

• painful relationships

• life transitions

• lack of assertiveness and difficulty setting boundaries

• loneliness and social isolation

• social phobia anxiety

• highly sensitive personalities (HSP)

• feeling invisible and unheard

• childhood parentification

• aging parents

• creative paralysis

Further, I welcome work with clients to explore issues related to personal identity and growth such as:

• creativity

• identifying purpose

• spirituality

• sexuality

• gender roles

• self-definition and identity

I have also created and guided multiple psychoeducational groups on issues such as Wellness and Self-Care, Female Empowerment and Identity, Life Goals Identification, Shame Resilience, Trauma and Addictions, and Expressive Journaling.