I help people live through and
learn from difficult situations like divorce,
illness, caretaking, child rearing, abuse,
dependency, codependency. Your emotional health is
closely related to your physical health and your
cognitive, social and spiritual well-being. I
approach all of these through a life-span
developmental perspective.
The people I work with learn how to:
Recognize the difference between those who are
kind, loving and honest and those who are
dishonest, abusive, or mean spirited;
Establish and maintain clear boundaries;
Stop being doormats to others;
Develop happy and healthy lifestyles;
Change and recover from abusive and
dysfunctional family backgrounds;
Establish healthy parenting and grand-parenting
patterns;
Succeed in school and work;
Contribute to others and to their
community;
Experience emotional and spiritual peace;
Be effective caretakers of their loved ones,
while taking care of themselves.
We usually start with three
sessions to establish a mutually agreeable
diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan. This allows
us to test out how we work together and to establish
treatment goals. A treatment plan might include
individual, couple, or group therapy, and when
indicated, we may work with other doctors or other
experts.
