"You are here because you are experiencing life as challenging at this time. It may not always have been that way but something has driven you to seek help now. Whether it is feelings of anxiety or depression, relational difficulties, parenting concerns or trauma you have taken the first courageous step toward giving to yourself. I am here to join you on your journey toward balance, contentment, joy or just a way to learn how to cope with the obstacles that may litter your path."

"You are committed to your growth and to having a great life. You feel stuck in the past and find yourself circling back to the same situation, person, place, or issue. You want to break through the obstacles and patterns that have stopped you from reaching your goals and having a rich and expansive life. I will assist and support you to discover the painful and limiting experiences from your past. You will learn to bring new insight, compassion and perspective to long held beliefs and to create healing for the past and to step into the creation of today and tomorrow."

"By utilizing EMDR (and other brain-based therapies), the therapeutic process is targeted to your specific needs. The goal is to help reduce the uncomfortable symptoms you may be experiencing. Symptoms include nightmares, anxiety, anger, sadness, grief, and fear. EMDR is a client/therapist collaboration to highlight and target the symptoms that are keeping you stuck. Through this collaborative process, the client and therapist serve as both sherpa and pilot."

"Do you have concerns about your child's behavior or development? Do you need help with parenting strategies for challenging behaviors? Or do you just want to improve your relationship with your child? I can help you better understand your child's behavior and help you meet his or her needs. I have been working with children with special needs for the past 15 years, but my practice is not limited to children with special needs."

"If the old coping strategies have stopped working, or worse, are becoming self destructive, reaching out for help can be both a scary but ultimately liberating first step toward growth and healing. My communication style is direct, but equally warm, empathic, and relatable always working toward creating a setting where you can feel comfortable and safe to be vulnerable and honest. I sincerely know how debilitating addiction, anxiety, depression, losses, and life's unexpected events can be. I work with individuals and families, and am on staff/consult with nearby mental health and substance treatment facilities."

"Are you someone who struggles to ignore that voice in your head constantly telling you how everything "should" be? The voice that tells you what type job you should have, the sort of relationship you should be in, or the items on your life's to-do list that should have already been checked off? Maybe you have a child that is dealing with their own set of "shoulds". They're struggling to find their own voice and you can see it's taking a toll. I get it. We all have ideas of how we want everything to go."

"I help people with relationship struggles, tough childhoods, or who just feel like something is "off" in their life, figure out why, heal, and feel great! Other areas I specialize in include work stress, trauma, self-esteem/body image issues, and early recovery from addiction. I incorporate talk-therapy, Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in order to help you feel better quickly."

"I believe successful therapy needs to begin with a trusting, compatible relationship between you and me. If we can establish this foundation for treatment then we can move forward to identify your strengths as a unique individual, and work to uncover and resolve the elements in your life that are preventing personal growth and a gratifying lifestyle. I provide an initial free phone consultation, and offer phone sessions. I work on a sliding scale, and am a provider for Medicare, Blue Shield, Magellan, and Humana. I am NOT a provider for Medi-Cal. I can also bill your insurance company excluding your co-pay."

"I understand that therapy demands your time, money, and energy and I genuinely value your investment. I believe in maximizing your time in therapy and collaborate with you in clarifying and establishing your goals from the beginning in order to utilize every session to get you one step closer to where you want to be in your life. I consider myself an interactive therapist. I engage with my clients by coaching them to align their thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to understand themselves better and move forward to enjoy the changes they wish to see in their lives."

"Are you concerned about your child's wellbeing? As a licensed psychologist with over 15 years of clinical experience, I specialize in treating children/adolescents who present with anxiety, depression, and disruptive behaviors that impact their functioning in home, school, and social settings. I enjoy working with children and their parents helping children learn how to regulate and tolerate feelings (anger, frustration, sadness, and anxiety), manage challenging/disruptive/impulsive behaviors, and acquire adaptive, positive coping skills. I assist parents in learning how to regulate their own feelings and be aware of their behaviors so they can help their child."

"Are you dealing with stress, fears, addictions or bad habits? Struggling with chronic confidence, motivation or performance issues? I am here to help. Together we'll figure out why you haven't (yet) been as successful as you would like. We'll root-out roadblocks, negative thoughts and limiting beliefs that hold you back from experiencing your definition of success and well-being."

"I have volunteered at many different clinics and worked with different populations ranging from pre-school age children to the elderly. I have worked with adolescents as well as their parents in providing conflict resolution and parenting skills. I operate from a Cognitive Behavioral perspective and incorporate some aspects of Gestalt therapy. I also employ the use of Psychoanalytic as well as Humanistic ideas in assisting clients with achieving their therapeutic goals."

"Hi there. For me, what feels most important is helping you move toward your own dreams & hopes. My style is collaborative, curious & real. I believe our problems do not live in a vacuum; that is, rather than understanding challenges as inherent conditions, I view them as conditional states of being. In my conversations with clients, I often ask: Who is around you? What is your relationship like with this person? How do your feelings or perceptions change when you are in a different situation? I think that by seeing oneself as dynamic, possibilities can multiply!"

"My goal is to support clients with effective therapy services that provide education, skills, techniques & coping strategies they need to quickly improve their circumstances and fully achieve their life goals. I specialize in providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for a wide range psychological challenges and client populations. CBT strategies focus on exploring the interaction between our environments, thoughts, emotions, behaviors & decisions we make in life. Multiple research studies have found CBT to be effective for a range of issues such as Anxiety & Depressive Disorders, Pre & Postpartum Depression, Trauma, Chronic Health Issues, Substance Abuse, ADHD, Academic, Career & Professional Challenges, Family & Relationship problems."

"Well-being involves having awareness of and connection to your self plus good connections with others. If you have struggled with distracting from your own experience, are lost in negative self evaluation, or if you have lost your curiousity about the world, face roadblocks or obstacles to your creativity and want to get relief, reclaim a sense of aliveness, vitality, presence, purpose or optimism - then I can be of help to you. I developed Emotional Pilates - the focus is on helping you build your core emotional strength, balance, flexibility and resilience, including learning how to speak your true experience."

"Do you feel sad or stressed and don't know why? You're not alone. Life is too short not to feel your absolute best now. Feeling unsure of yourself, depressed, hopeless or anxious are not signs of weaknesses, but are mental health issues that happen to all of us and should be addressed, explored, and solved. Over the years, many of us have developed coping mechanisms that could have been negatively exacerbated by life's many stressors--major life changes or a death of a loved one, to name just two. Our lives are filled with ongoing pressure and stressful situations."

"You're here because you're having a hard time. I get it, I understand, I've been there. And so I know you're going to feel a little better just by taking a next step and calling, because by doing so you'll breath a bit more, perhaps cry a little, and both are a release, and a message to yourself that says, "I don't need to be alone" and "with some help, I can turn things around." As for me, I work with couples in every stage of relationship, and with adult individuals of any age."

"If you are motivated to make changes and achieve happiness and contentment in your life, you will find therapy very helpful."

"I am an empathic therapist offering a safe environment to connect with your true self and find relief from emotional pain. Things I can help you with include; Freedom from old patterns that don't work any more. Relief from depression and anxiety. Building a true partnership with children and family. Not being ruled by guilt and shame. Clarity not chaos. An end to self-sabotage. An engaged relationship with self. Genuine connection with others. An escape from lies and secrecy. Confidence and hope for the future. Better physical, emotional, and spiritual health."

"There are times in our lives when we find ourselves stuck in a rut, and we become depressed, anxious, or confused. Sometimes it's an old emotional wound or trauma that needs mending. Sometimes it's a more recent blow we have suffered. Sometimes it's a repeating relationship pattern that we cannot break out of. I have devoted my life to helping people get unstuck, so they can move on with their lives. I invite you to consider letting me join you in your journey toward healing, wholeness, and self-discovery. I am eager to meet with you."