Therapists in Eureka, CA

With over twenty years experience in LGBTQ counseling, research, and teaching, I have a deep understanding of our community. Among LGBTQ individuals anxiety and depression may involve feelings of emptiness, relationship problems, interpersonal sensitivity, or addictions. The roots of these struggles can vary, but it helps to have a therapist who grasps the alienating impact of growing up in a world that disavows the core of who we are. I will help you address these issues, and others, through a deeper approach that can feel energizing, challenging, and even liberating.

I help males from teenage to older learn how to express their feelings in non-destructive ways and learn how to better understand the feelings they have. They learn how to feel good about themselves rather than compare themselves negatively to others. Therapy is not about being sick. It is about learning new skills to better manage what life throws our way. My clients see me more as a trusted confidant who cares about them than as a clinician looking at them through a microscope.

I work with clients online video with telemedicine HIPPA compliant. I maintain a very successful practice of holistic psychology that addresses the client at all levels; Mental, Emotional, Physical & Spiritual, facilitating healing at the level of causation, not just management and treatment of symptoms. I sought out the most innovative treatments so my clients feel better as soon as possible and can be out-living their lives. I work very well with adolescents and individuals of all ages. I have extensive clinical experience that covers a wide range of problems.

I use the principles of Positive Psychology and Mindfulness to teach techniques that increase awareness and ability to control attention so that you can experience happiness and not be a slave to compulsive thinking. You will learn and experience living in a way that frees energy that is being spent on habitual regrets of the past and worries of the future. I can guide you through loneliness, isolation, emotional pain, grief, relationship distress and trauma.

I'm passionate about destigmatizing society's outlook of mental health treatment, creating a safe space for you to be your authentic self. As humans, we all strive to be heard, seen and validated. My goals are to radiate empathy, compassion, true understanding and respect for you during your mental health journey. I will strive to create an environment where you are free to express your feelings, thoughts, needs and wants in therapy, judgement free

I specialize in working with boys and men who are having a difficult time in school or home. Usually grades are affected and relationships at home are not what they could be. Sometimes other emotional issues are interfering Often communication with loved ones is strained, There are solutions and it is possible to learn new ways to be that can make things easier. I also work with persons who have been abused and are dealing with the aftermath of their experience. I also work with teenage boys who have abused others as a result of their own experiences and who want to learn how to stop their own negative behaviors.