"I welcome your rough edges, tender places, inner wisdom, and the search for more fulfillment. Together, we will invite self-compassion and acceptance around what is already happening, while also creating ways to experience more satisfying ways of treating yourself, being with others, and inhabiting your life. My clients include people who experience depression, anxiety, grief, anger, and shame, creative folks who are stalled at manifesting their potential, gentle souls who find it hard to navigate in a frenetic world, people who want to establish fresh relationship patterns, and those who are recovering their balance amidst life transitions."

"My work experience includes over 40 years in the field of counseling and almost 30 years teaching in higher education (obviously many of these concurrently!). My main interest in counseling is what makes it effective and enables people to change and grow personally, relationally and spiritually. I enjoy reading research on human behavior and passing on this information to my students and clients. Helping people get a greater understanding and increased control of their lives is a central goal. I am a professor of counseling in the MA program at Western and work part-time at the A New Day Counseling center."

"Starting therapy can be daunting, so I encourage you to reach out, even if you're uncertain where to start. I've witnessed profound impacts in my work with people, where shame becomes self acceptance and overwhelm becomes relief and ease. I welcome everyone who wants to work with me, and especially welcome those who may not have felt comfortable in therapy before, possibly due to experiencing marginality, societal oppression, or being shy. I also tend to work well with over achievers, sensitive introverts, and perfectionists struggling to find a stable sense of self worth. My practice is anti oppression and trauma informed."

""We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy" (Mary Oliver)."

"In the hustle of our daily lives, it can be difficult to tune into ourselves and notice the ways that our work, stress, relationships, and responsibilities are affecting us. We can find ourselves feeling unsettled or unhappy and not have the space to move into a better understanding of what in our lives needs to change. To overcome this, many people find it helpful to have a space dedicated to deepening their understanding of themselves and their emotions. Therapy provides a unique space to develop your understanding of yourself and respond to life's challenges with curiosity, compassion, and patience."

"Now accepting new clients. We are many things as human beings and our needs are complex but our drive to have a sense of belonging, empathic connection and attunement with another human being is on the top of the list. Life even for the most fortunate is full of traumatic experience, loss and emotional vulnerability. Most of us never learn how to metabolize or digest these outer and inner experiences. Some of these life crisis's that bring us to therapy are really growth waiting to happen or what I call Post-Traumatic Growth."

"I enjoy working with individuals and couples, and walking alongside them in their healing. I believe therapy is a collaborative experience between the family and therapist, that each client has the resiliency and resources they need already within, and that it is our job to uncover them. My work with clients considers biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors. I specialize in working with clients who are experiencing relational distress, sex concerns, infertility/pregnancy issues, transracial/transnational family dynamics, processing trauma, religion and spirituality, body-image concerns, or low self esteem. "

"Accepting new clients. You're your best expert; my role is as counselor and coach. I offer a free 1/2 hour consult because I believe it's critical to feel comfortable with your therapist! I work well with adults, couples and teen girls struggling with life's challenges. Specialties include relationship and family issues; parenting, postpartum adjustment and fertility issues; depression/anxiety; addiction/codependency; self-esteem and life transition issues; and childhood trauma/loss. My goal is for you to leave therapy with a sense of relief from your struggles and tools to cope with what's to come."

"I offer counseling services for families and individuals, helping you to gain the skills you need to live the life you want. Many of my clients are polyamorous, and I work with poly individuals, couples, and families to help them decide if this lifestyle is right for them, overcome obstacles particular to polyamory, and any other issues that might arise in their lives. Many of my clients come to see me not because they are having negative issues with polyamory, but because they want a therapist who won't judge their lifestyle."

"I CURRENTLY HAVE A WAITLIST & WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS TILL THE BEGINNING OF MARCH. Do you want to implement change in your life but are unsure how? Have you been avoiding these changes or are afraid to address them? I will collaborate with you by assisting you in identify patterns which are no longer serving you. I will encourage you to be kind, loving and compassionate towards yourself. Working from an empathic-based perspective, I will teach you to nurture yourself by using the tools of creative arts therapy, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, visualization, acupressure and EFT tapping to help find your strengths."

"I believe we all have the inner resources to heal ourselves and sometimes we need guidance in accessing those abilities. To create a safe space for this transformation, I extend genuine empathy, humor when helpful, and wholehearted listening with a nonjudgmental disposition. My hope is that you gain insight into your internal and external experiences so that you may form healthy connections with yourself and others. To do so, I teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy & Compassionate Communication techniques from a client-centered approach. Together, we work toward increasing your satisfaction with yourself and your life."

"I see individuals who are experiencing feelings of depression, anxiety, body image issues, relational distress, spiritual issues, grief/loss, and eating disorders. Many of my clients are trying to cope with the effects of trauma in their life in addition to feelings of insecurity, perfectionism, self-hatred or shame. If any of this sounds like you, I want you to know that you are not alone and counseling can help. It takes great courage to seek counseling, and I can help you develop insight into yourself, learn new tools for coping, find your voice, and seek healing from your past."

"I enjoy working with families, couples, and individuals who are experiencing relationship problems. I also specialize in divorce-related services: parent-child reunification therapy, divorce mediation, and parent coordination. My approach emphasizes helping people achieve practical results and is based in family systems and cognitive behavior theories. One of my guiding beliefs is that people are basically competent and are always seeking to solve problems on their own. In most cases this works well, but sometimes people get stuck and their attempted solutions either have no effect or make things worse. I see my role as helping people get "unstuck.""

"I provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment for today's growing geriatric population and offer individualized solutions for dealing with the challenges that come with normal aging, cognitive decline, stroke and dementia. I help to: *Establish a Diagnosis *Identify Cognitive and Functional Strengths and Weaknesses * Provide Psychological Support and Education *Provide Cognitive Rehabilitation Training to regain or maintain cognitive abilities *Determine what resources can help an individual remain at home *Determine if/when a higher level of care is needed *Determine if/when assistance with finances, medical decisions, driving and/or guardianship/conservatorship is needed *Offer recommendations for managing difficult behaviors"

"I am a child at heart. That's why I specialize in making connections with children and teens. I see individuals as part of a larger system, via family, community and culture. I believe that the therapeutic alliance and connection I make is the heart of the therapy and with that I have seen the most change in my practices."

"What's your greatest fear? Where does it hurt the most? These two questions plague us all at one time or another. Is fear holding you back from experiencing life as you've always dreamed it could be? Is the hurt of painful memories, difficult circumstances, or impossible relationships keeping you from truly becoming the person you are meant to be? There is hope. And there is healing. I'm here to partner with you, as together, we navigate those fears and hurts that have kept you from truly living a life of freedom and victory!"

"Finding a counselor you can develop trust in and who can assist you in coping, healing and growing can be difficult. To aid you in the decision of who to work with, here is some information about me and my practice. I work with individuals, couples, and families who are looking for a safe place to address issues they are struggling with. My practice is a safe place and I have the experience needed to help you address the issues you wish to deal with."

"My personal style in therapy is optimistic and playful. My approach is eclectic, with a combination of focus towards theory based interventions balanced with intuition and spontaneity. I deeply value the power of human connection in the healing process and therapy as a collaborative process. I strive for inclusiveness and cultural competency in my work and am deeply committed to social justice. I help my clients explore meaning, past trauma, stressful life events, transitions, and identifying resources to help them feel empowered and hopeful. I have practiced therapy with children, families, couples and adults since 2009. "

"I specialize in coaching men and women suffering all forms of social anxiety and confidence issues. I'm a Confidence Coach and many also consider me a Life Coach."

"Our relationships with others can give our lives meaning and purpose, as well as feelings of connectedness and safety. They can also give us pain and disappointment. I have experience in working with couples who feel as though their relationship is in trouble. Whether communication issues, unresolvable conflict, infidelity/affair, addiction, abuse or mental health issues have affected your relationship and attunement, I can give you the tools to turn things around in the present and the techniques to provide consistent connection in the future."