Where do you want to go, How do you want to get there?

We will select tools together based on a deeper understanding of the specific problems you’re dealing with, your specific goals, and the approaches to therapy that resonate with you. I’ve cross trained extensively in a wide range of therapy, coaching, and wellness modalities and can support you in flexibly learning and applying a variety of tools.

I generally work in a “transdiagnostic” way. The tools I use have been shown to work across a variety of diagnoses and target the ways that people change and learn.

Our work is about much more than treating dis-ease. It is about living fully, with vitality, creating a life that you feel inspired to be living each day.

We start with you, your goals, and an honest assessment of where you’ve been stuck.

Coaching vs Therapy

You will find many definitions of coaching and comparisons of coaching vs. therapy.Because I follow the client and their goals, the work naturally includes a large element of coaching. You have two options for doing coaching work with me-

1- Work with me as a psychotherapist, and weave in coaching when appropriate. This option allows us to work on many areas of your life, and to move freely to address the types of obstacles that may get in your way as you pursue your goals, including past traumas.

2- Work with me as a coach only. I am currently licensed as a psychotherapist in California only. If you are living outside of California, you can contact me to see if coaching would be a good fit for you. This option tends to be most appropriate when you have a more specific and narrow focus, like the following:

– Communication Training

– Decision Making (usually a specific decision)

– Goal Setting

– Productivity

– Habit Development

– Attention and Awareness Training

– Parent Coaching

– Coaching (Website Coming Soon)

Learn more about Coaching vs. Therapy.

Clients (Who I work with)

Individual Therapy for Adults, Individual Therapy for Children and Adolescents, Couples Therapy, Parent Coaching, Family Therapy, and Group or Organization Training

Individual therapy is a great way to get customized support. We will select tools together based on a deeper understanding of the specific problems you’re dealing with, your specific goals, and the approaches to therapy that resonate with you. Individual therapy doesn’t mean you have to focus only on yourself, though. You might be working to improve important relationships in your life, with partners, children, friends, colleagues, etc. “Individual” just means you’re the one doing the hard work of change.

I work with children and adolescents using the same therapeutic modalities and principles of change, adapting methods to meet the needs of each child. I have completed specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents, am a certified Mindful Schools Educator, and have worked as a school-based counselor. Common problems include: anxiety, depression, ADHD, perfectionism, procrastination, motivation, school performance, and relationship conflicts.

Being in a committed relationship is hard work. Whether you’re looking to build strong foundational skills early in the relationship, seeking support to address conflicts, or wanting to re-invest in your relationship after subtly drifting apart over time, couples therapy can help. You can learn how to listen and speak from the heart and remain in connection even through conflict using skills like Nonviolent communication. You can learn how to shift out of unconscious, autopilot cycles of conflict (often based on the past and your attachment style) and shift into connection and understanding with your partner in the present moment using skills from Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. You can adopt healthier relationship habits using behavioral principles from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for couples.

Our closest relationships can be the most challenging, yet the most meaningful to improve. It’s natural to have challenges as your family moves through various transitions - getting married, having children, having children, children growing to become teens and young adults. With parent coaching, I support you in being the agent of change for your family and in being the kind of parent you want to be. With family therapy, I am supporting more than one member of the family at the same time, so we are working more as a team to create change.

Send me a message to inquire about training for your group. (link to Contact me) Special topics include: communication training, tactical empathy and empathy in difficult interactions at work, empathy to build collaboration and problem solving, exploring your deeper motivations through work, resolving conflicts, personal goal setting, habit development, attentional training, setting SMART goals and working with inner and outer obstacles.

Specialties (What I help people with)

Anxiety, ADHD and Executive Functioning, Productivity, Habit Development, Mindfulness and Meditation, Communications Training, Relationships, Parenting

- Anxiety

- Awareness and Attention Training (including ADHD and Productivity)

- Habit Change / Goal Setting

- Relationships

Modalities (How I work -methods / schools of therapy)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and TEAM-CBT, Mindfulness and Meditation including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Parts Work including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Experiential and Somatic Therapy, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and ADHD Coaching

These are the most common modalities that I use in work with clients:

- ACT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

- TEAM CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

- Mindfulness Based Therapies

- Parts Work, including IFS, Internal Family Systems

- NVC, Non Violent Communication, Compassionate Communication

Where do you want to go, How do you want to get there?

Coaching vs Therapy

Coaching VS Therapy

Clients (Who I work with)

Individual Therapy

Individual Therapy for Children and Adolescents

Couples Therapy

Family Therapy and Parent Coaching

Groups or Organizations

Specialties (What I help people with)

Modalities (How I work -methods / schools of therapy)