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Personal Statement: I have a broad range of experience working with individuals and couples for 17 years. My training includes psychoanalytic psychotherapy, family systems, cognitive behavioral, gestalt, hypnotherapy and meditation.

Everyone is unique. Thus, I try to create a safe environment, understand your particular situation, and see the world through your eyes, which, I believe, is a major factor in healing and change. Drawing on extensive experience, I adapt each session to your special needs. Whatever the problem, I am committed to helping you find your own solutions. You will gain a new perspective, new skills and greater understanding, catalysts for change, that will empower you to achieve your goals.

I help many clients work through anxiety, grief and depression, whether the result of childhood problems, loss, life transitions or chronic pain and illness. To alleviate pain, in addition to talk therapy, I use hypnosis, breath, touch, sound and relaxation techniques.

Working with substance abusers and their families find recovery is a rewarding part of my practice.  I am an addiction therapist and Program Coordinator at Brookside Institute.  As an approved provider for the California State Bar Association, I have treated attorneys and professionals with problems of addiction and mental health.  Although familiar with 12-Step Programs, my client-centered philosophy encourages each person to determine his or her own abstinence and treatment goals. I have extensive experience as a therapist and lecturer in the field of co-dependency, and have facilitated groups and programs for families affected by addiction. 

I was an attorney in the corporate and private sectors for 18 years, and am knowledgeable about career challenges and transitions from my own experience. I have taught Stress Management, and have coached clients to successfully reach their personal and professional goals.

Both in private practice and as a Senior Mediator in Los Angeles Conciliation Court, I have mediated Divorce and Child Custody and Visitation Disputes, and have written on divorce and lectured at U.C.S.D. and Pepperdine College.

I have taught meditation and yoga, and am familiar with spiritual challenges and crises.

Services Offered:  Individual Psychotherapy; Couple Therapy; Coaching; Hypnosis; HR Consulting.

Specialties:  Abuse (Sexual, Physical); Addictions; Anxiety/Panic; Chronic Pain & Illness; Eating Disorder; Loss & Grief; Marital Problems; Co-dependency; Depression; Employment; Family; Geriatrics; Parenting; Sexual Issues; Stress Management; Spiritual Issues; Self Esteem/Growth; Women's Issues; Divorce Counseling; Mediation

Languages: English

Client profile:  M/F

Payments/Conditions: $125. Sliding Scale available.

Credentials/Training:   M.A., M.F.T., J.D.

License:  MFT27909

Listed: 6-29-04