Currently, I offer telehealth (video/phone), and also safely in-person, including outdoor options.

Something is wrong and you've been trying to fix it. Relationships are rocky. How can you get your needs met when it seems like everyone else's needs come first? You're misunderstood and confused about your role. What are the rules here? What is "normal"? It has been a long time since you felt a sense of order and stability in your relationship. You crave a sense of belonging. And peace.

You are much more more than a diagnosis or category! It is a challenge for us all to make meaning in a chaotic world. I work with creative people, perfectionists, harsh self-critics and existential struggles in singles, couples & groups. I have expertise in helping people recognize problematic substance use, with Harm Reduction as a philosophical approach. Cross-cultural sensitivity is a great value. I enjoy working with young and early-career adults. I enjoy learning from the people I see.

As a solution-focused practitioner, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and celebrate your life! By applying complementary approaches and techniques, we will together unearth long-standing patterns of behavior and perception that may be holding you back or keeping you stuck. Heal Your Past, Strengthen Your Present, and Create Your Future!

I have been in private practice for over three decades. My approach is eclectic, engaging, and respectful. Humor has it's place in the journey of therapy! I feel blessed for the opportunity to help people build on their own strengths. My areas of particular interest include recovery, relationship/intimacy building, ADHD, sexuality/LGBT issues, ACOA, Wellness coaching, and hypnotherapy. I look forward to the opportunity of assisting you in challenging old behaviors and reframing healthier narratives in your life.

Sexuality, intimacy, monogamy, polyamory, ethical nonmonogamy, LGBTQA, kink, relational difficulties...I integrate the expertise of a clinical psychologist, AASECT certified sex therapist, and couples' counselor. My clients are individuals and couples of all genders, and racial and cultural backgrounds, who struggle with questions regarding sexuality, intimacy, identity, trauma, betrayal, erotic confusion, life transitions, relationships ending, and relationships beginning. In addition to clinical practice, I'm an author, consultant, and teacher on sexuality and couples' therapy.

I am an experienced psychotherapist and Certified Group Psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and groups. I hold a PhD in biochemistry, which informs my work in psychotherapy by integrating current research in neuroscience into my treatment approach. I am trained in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), an emotionally focused therapy heavily informed by neuroscience that focuses on how we can heal in relationship what was harmed in relationship. My broader training consists of proactive cognitive behavior therapy, mindfulness techniques, stress reduction strategies, and communication tools.

I believe therapy is an opportunity to heal, grow, explore and create change. If you are looking for extra support or guidance through a challenging situation and ready to move to a new direction. My style is interactive,utilizing the client's strengths, as we work together towards achieving your goals.

As a Harvard educated psychotherapist, I have drawn on twenty-five plus years of training and experience to build a multifaceted therapy practice in Cambridge, Ma. I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety in adults, adolescents, and couples. Also, I work with clients helping them address relationship and family issues, parenting concerns,and major life transitions. My approach is interactive and supportive and I encourage clients to utilize a wide range of community resources such as health and fitness programs,AA,and career networking groups.

I create a safe,supportive and nurturing environment for change to take place.I guide you in making changes that allow you to feel more successful,satisfied and empowered in your life. Along with this comes fulfilling relationships and work, enhanced self-esteem, physical well-being and more connection to yourself.I assist you in learning to interrupt negative patterns and self-defeating behaviors and help you replace them with positive feelings,new beliefs and life affirming behaviors.In the process you discover inner resources and develop self-acceptance and self compassion.I bring warmth,humor,compassion and wisdom to the process.

I am a solution oriented psychotherapist and life coach who develops creative solutions to common emotional and behavioral problems. I develop customized solutions based on a client's particular circumstances: unique problem, needs, goals, urgency, past accomplishments, support systems, capacity to take responsibility, openness to learning, and motivation to change. I treat adults, teenagers, children, couples and families and have experience working with a wide range of emotional, behavioral, interpersonal and substance abuse problems.

I believe whole-heartedly in each person's capacity to heal, and I work collaboratively with my clients. My work connects people with their strengths, their creativity and with their internal healing systems so that they can make the kinds of changes they want to make. My clients utilize the insights they discover and the tools they learn in our sessions to create more peace and joy in their lives.

Deciding to seek out therapy may be one of the most difficult choices a person makes in a lifetime. Those individuals who ask for help with their lives when they feel most vulnerable deserve great respect and admiration. With the frightening advent of Covid-19, it may be more important now than ever to seek out help and support to, "talk about the things that really matter" in your life (Martin Luther King, 1963). My goal is to provide you with warmth, empathy, and years of my professional experience as we talk about the things that really matter to you. Together we work in a deeply genuine, person-to-person connection.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and/or trauma, particularly in light of Covid-19? I am an adolescent, adult and couples therapist, an expert in attachment and trauma-focused treatment modalities. I can help you develop the skills and self-compassion needed to embrace a life narrative focused on courage and resilience. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who specializes in trauma reprocessing and recovery, I incorporate evidence-based treatments that include Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Life presents to us a consistent ebb and flow of challenges. As we navigate these, we are guided by our sense of identity, our past experiences, and the patterns we have learned. Often, however, these solutions do not serve us in the present and take the form of habits of mind and action which hold us back, shape our relationships, and create the illusion of false limitations; but there is hope. We are able to shape our lives through changing our patterns, the way we think and communicate, and the actions we learn to take. Through self understanding we may update our narrative and with it transform our realities.

*Currently accepting new clients in MA and IL* Every person has their own story, own internal conflicts, relationships, and ways of making life meaningful. Therapy is a process of creating a trusting relationship, and creating space to explore and understand that story together. Through this process we can find ways to balance feelings of pain and conflict with the potential and desire for well-being.

[CURRENTLY FULL] Welcome! Do you have trouble loving and accepting yourself? Do you find it hard to feel a sense of belonging and connection with others? Therapy can help you to feel better about yourself, to feel freer to be your authentic self, and to form healthy attachments. I enjoy helping people who are experiencing: *Marginalization, oppression, exclusion *Conflict between gender/sexual identity and spiritual/religious beliefs *Breakups (including friendship breakups) *Difficult relationships that trigger shame *Chronic low self-esteem. I believe that behind all feelings and behaviors are stories which make sense.

*Evening/weekend hours* I view therapy as a conversation that puts you in touch with your inner voice and guides you in using its wisdom to make changes. I strike a balance between direct and gentle and use humor to provide a safe space where you can be yourself while exploring new possibilities for your life. I offer a collaborative, dynamic, and culturally-sensitive approach to helping individuals, families, and couples find joy and meaning in their lives. This can happen by dealing with a life transition, resolving a relationship conflict, managing depression or anxiety, healing from trauma, or addressing other life stressors.

"Some days you wake up and immediately start to worry. Nothing in particular is wrong it's just the suspicion that forces are aligning quietly and there will be trouble." - Jenny Holzer. What can begin as a vague worry in our daily lives might quickly grow into something more troublesome. We might put off getting help in the hope that "things will get better on their own," but sometimes things don't. Often the most difficult step in addressing areas of concern is the first.

***Accepting Out of Pocket Pay unless you have BCBS** Do you want to bring a spiritual approach to your experience in therapy? Do you feel that you're a soul having a human experience? Do you view your life challenges as opportunities for growth and expansion? Using a mind-body-spirit approach I help individuals connect with their soul growth by processing their life challenges through a lens of curiosity, compassion and non-judgment. Together we will sort through your life challenges, the themes they bring, and create growth and insight from these challenges.