Family Therapy in Geneva, NY

As a clinician in the mental health field for over 20 years, I have a great deal of knowledge and experience to offer my clients. I enjoy working with individuals ages 14 and older with a variety of life issues, mental health diagnoses and life stressors. Specifically I utilize empirically based treatment modalities along with a relationship based approach to alleviate pain and suffering caused by mental illness, daily stress, trauma, family conflict, and transitional life changes. I would be honored to assist you on your journey to wellness and self discovery.

As a therapist for the past 15 years, my expertise includes working with adolescents, adults, families, and couples experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, issues around life transitions, and family conflict. I am trained to look at the whole person in the environment with a compassionate and nonjudgmental approach in order to be successful in helping you create the change you would like in your life. I look forward to being able to help you reach your goals and have a fulfilling and healthy life.

When addiction is present in a family, its effects are not only felt by the addict, they also have a profound impact on the entire family system. By including all family members in the recovery process, I can help the healing begin and offer support for the trauma that everyone has experienced.

How do you feel right now? What do you need? What do you want? Change in our lives can only come from a better understanding of who we really are. Validation of past experiences, wounds and traumas. Through exploration, comes a willingness to work to change. Not who you are, but how you are; in relationships, at work, with your family and with yourself. Reducing anxiety, feeling less depressed, better able to deal with overwhelming emotions. Contentment.

Currently only accepting new clients who can be seen between the hours of 8am and 2pm weekdays due to no weekday/evening and weekend availability left. Offering individual, family & couples therapy services. Ask about my consulting services including individual/group clinical supervision. Also a provider of Alma and Hopscotch.

With over 15 years of clinical experience, I am dedicated to providing warm, empathetic, and effective therapy services to individuals, couples, children, and adolescents. My expertise encompasses evidence-based modalities such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Solution Focused Therapy. Clients can expect a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment. Committed to creating a space where individuals can feel heard, understood, and empowered to make positive changes in their lives.

Welcome! With over 15 years of diverse experience in mental health & wellness, I am dedicated to establishing supportive relationships and improving your quality of life. I work with all ages facing an array of challenges and circumstances. Some of these struggles include anxiety, depression, grief, goal attainment, stressful life transition, inner-conflict, or trauma. I implement a holistic approach tailored to meet your unique needs. I will help you recognize the connection between your body, mind & emotions. My hope is to mend wounds, find stability, reignite strengths, and remove the stigma behind seeking help.

When I’m in session with you I’m completely focused on you and your needs. Therapy is a special time for you to sort out your needs, wants and emotions in a safe way. I’m a Vietnam era veteran who has worked with combat veterans with severe PTSD combined with alcoholism and drug dependence for 22 years. Combat trauma and childhood trauma are frequently entwined within and create many life problems. Let me help you sort that out on your journey to healing.

I believe therapy is always a collaboration between myself and the client. We are a team! It is my goal to provide a safe space for you to feel seen, heard, not judged. Change can be difficult to process alone, and I am here to support and encourage you along this journey of self-growth and exploration.

Do you miss "the way things used to be?" Are you experiencing a loss of enjoyment in your daily life due to life changes and losses? I enjoy walking with clients through their own unique experiences of life transitions, relationship issues and grief and loss whether caused by the loss of a person, relationship or simply your own well-being. It is my belief that clients can always find strengths that will lead them to a more fulfilled life and I would like to walk with you on your journey to a better life.

Do you struggle with difficult emotions? Feel that something is missing? Unsatisfied with aspects of your life? Working together, I can help you learn to understand your feelings; untangle complicated emotions; increase positive experiences, improve communication and relationships; end cycles of depression and anxiety. Sometimes you feel the need or desire to initiate change. Other times change may present itself in a way that leaves you feeling that you have limited or no influence over your circumstances. I help people deal effectively with change.

I bring over twenty-five years of experience to my therapy practice, and have helped clients achieve life-changing results. I provide effective therapy services to those who have been affected by painful life experiences--large and small, recent and long ago. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, losses, or stress, we now know that painful life experiences are what underlie most symptoms that have been labeled as mental health disorders. I ask what happened to you, since our beliefs about ourselves are affected by trauma, and by the messages that significant people in our lives send us with their words and behaviors.

*Now accepting clients for video/phone sessions*. Do you want to take your life back and live the life you were meant to live? I believe that each individual has within them the power to change and achieve their full potential within the context of a nurturing, therapeutic relationship. Establishing a trusting relationship with unconditional positive regard as the foundation allows optimum change and growth to occur. I provide counseling to children, teenagers and adults in a warm, authentic way. In addition, I am available to see couples and have extensive experience providing marriage counseling.

Hello and thank you for checking out my profile! I work with adults and couples of all ages struggling with a wide variety of issues. I understand the pain that accompanies anxiety, sadness, grief, trauma, relationship issues, life transitions and building personal strengths. I greatly admire those who decide to work towards improving their lives and who reach out for help. It is a pleasure and a privilege for me to partner with my clients on their journeys.

Are you struggling with a mental health issue? Do you lack motivation, focus, and direction? Are you overwhelmed with life stressors and emotions? Are you living in the past, stuck, and unable to move forward? Do you use alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex or gaming to “cope” with life stressors? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you would benefit from counseling with an objective, nonjudgmental, and supportive therapist. Let me be that therapist for you. Life can be hard, stressful, and challenging but you do not have to navigate this trip alone.

Feeling depressed, lonely, anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or lost? Struggling with grief, a major life transition, troubled relationships, poor self-image, or intrusive recollections of a past trauma? We all struggle at times and therapy can help. Reaching out for help constitutes an important first step. Thank you for considering my practice. My aim is to provide a safe, supportive space that promotes your healing and growth.

The focus of sessions is non-judgmental learning about oneself and the world around you. I am an empathetic and open-minded clinician, striving to meet my clients where they are, build trust, and maintain a safe environment. I am experienced and passionate about working with teens and adults with various forms of trauma, and understanding how this trauma is expressed through challenges such as anxiety, depression, personality disorders, addiction, etc. I additionally utilize SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) for families impacted by anxiety and OCD.

Life has many ups and downs. I accept you as you are! Our voices, needs and thoughts matter. Learn, live and strengthen on your path to growth.

I have been doing therapy for 40 years. My client age range is generally 18 and over. Working with mindfulness meditation and cognitive therapy is important. Also, I bring aspects of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual into my work with clients - for a holistic approach - treating the whole person. My practice was located in Geneva, NY from 1989 until 2016. In 2016, I decided to change my office location closer to my home area of Canandaigua.