"NOW TAKING NEW CLIENTS. As a therapist, I create a safe and supportive atmosphere for you to explore your unique concerns. I enjoy working with individuals experiencing challenges with anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. I work with adults, teens, and children. I also work with couples and families on creating healthy communication and more fulfilling home lives. Another area of specialty is healing from trauma and abuse. As your therapist I will assist you in developing a more fulfilling life while you build new pathways for positive change."

"I hope to work with you in deepening connection and intimacy in your relationships and in building a more meaningful, fulfilling life. During crisis or a difficult impasse, I help couples find and develop safe refuge in each other, and make sense out of distressing challenges. We work together to create more satisfying resolutions. With over 30 years of experience, I am the only Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) Certified Therapist and Supervisor in New Mexico. This evidence-based approach reduces conflict and strengthens relationship closeness. EFT is effective for many types of issues for my clients and couples."

"THERAPY MODALITIES OFFERED EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization: Using Bi-lateral stimulus to calm and regulate the nervous system. Reprocessing with the intent to change. BRAINSPOTTING: A powerful and focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurobiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms. ART THERAPY: Using art media, the creative process, and the resulting artwork we explore feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness and work toward therapeutic goals."

"I have treated children and families for over 25 years and continue to love it. I stay current on best practices by teaching practice courses to graduate students and supervising new therapists. I individualize treatment for each of my clients and/or families based on research and my clients' unique needs/characteristics. I can address impulsivity, oppositional defiance, depression, anxiety and family adjustment issues. I use a variety of techniques in my practice including play therapy, role-play, family therapy and bibliotherapy."

"I have helped families, couples, individual adults, adolescents and children transform for nearly 30 years. The people I work with bring a wide range of personal issues and symptoms that they seek to explore and resolve including trauma and self- esteem issues, anxiety and depression, interpersonal conflicts, and all sorts of blockages that curtail transitions into a satisfying, fresh dynamic. Together we refine tools for self expression tailored to family, relationship, work and school settings, strengthen the capacity for the management of strong and difficult feelings and nourish the deep internal voice of the creative, intuitive self."

"In my work with childhood trauma, attachment/abandonment, addiction, and most personality disorders, my style is: Using existing resources, anxiety reducing modalities. Transforming reactive defensiveness into conscious responsiveness. Modeling integrity, mindfulness, and compassion for self and others. Reflecting cultural attitudes and beliefs to transform the past and embrace the future. Utilizing pet therapy to elicit healthy attachment."

"Are you struggling to stay in a frustrating relationship? Do you feel lonely even though you have a partner? I have experience working with a wide range of problems including communication, sexuality, betrayal, grief, anger, anxiety, and disability. I love to help couples and families rediscover their joy in being together. I can help people better understand and express their emotions, and learn to better control their reactions in stressful relationships. The therapy relationship can help individuals and couples to heal old wounds."

"*Are you struggling with disability, health, aging, or relationship issues? *Would you like to communicate more effectively and reduce upsetting interactions? *Would you and your partner benefit from deepening your understanding of each other, and restoring vitality and fun to your relationship? *Are you an adult child of alcoholics dealing with co-dependency or difficulty setting boundaries? *If you are looking for a compassionate, skilled and affordable counselor, I would like the opportunity of working together to help you rediscover your joy, creativity, and self-expression."

"I am deeply committed to helping couples and individuals understand the pitfalls to open and honest communication in their relationships. My clients are typically evolving in a psychospiritual and holistic realm -- and yet are facing challenges in their everday relationships. As a result, they are equally committed to cultivating an awareness of their thoughts, feelings and habits. My clients often find the "tools" and build new "brain cells" for both present and future change. I always emphasize the folowing equation: KNOWLEDGE ("tools" and new "brain cells") + EXPERIENCE = CHANGE!"

"I work extremely well with clients who are motivated to change their lives. Often, our greatest challenges come during times of major life transitions. Through active listening and genuine empathy, I help my clients focus upon the inherent solutions to their most pressing problems. Motivation to change comes with the willingness to look closely and investigate the stories we tell ourselves. Often, I discover with my clients that their oldest and most damaging internal stories are simply not true. By having a fellow human who is open and fully present witness our lives, we can discover the very real possibility for greater health and happiness."

"Everyone has the capacity to heal no matter how profoundly wounded they are. Each individual's path to healing will be unique and for the best chance of long term recovery a person needs to find a healthy balance within their body, mind and spirit. It is my intention to help each client find the unique treatment team to help them achieve this balance. Additionally, I am experienced in affective, eating and personality disorders, substance abuse and trauma. I also understand how each of these interact with one another and can cause even more distress within each person."

"I am trained in depth psychology in the Jungian tradition. My Santa Fe practice focuses on the process of rethinking one's life as the second half unfolds, including issues of midlife crisis and approaching retirement or, if already retired, finding and fostering a sense of vitality and fulfillment to this most important, likely quite lengthy, and absolutely unique stage in the life cycle. I believe the second half of life presents challenges and opportunities that are quite different from those we face in the first half. This is even more true of retirement as our expected lifespan lengthens."

"I love working through challenging situations with people and I have found that most issues can be resolved over the course of a few weeks or months. My sessions are usually about 70 minutes because that's how long a complete and satisfying discussion takes. I don't intend to see you for nearly as long or as often as you think, and you might be surprised at the range of things I want to talk about. Your life is a lot more than your presenting complaint."

"The basis of our work together is the development of trust and authenticity; I am an excellent listener and once we have established a working relationship, I will assist you with life transitions, relationship issues, anxiety, trauma and depression."

"Are you a bright, passionate woman who's struggling to make a transition or take a risk? Perhaps you're sensitive or introverted, feeling confused and uncertain. I mentor artists/writers, coaches/healers who are ready to manifest their full potential; entrepreneurs having a hard time growing their business; and women who are struggling to leave an unhealthy relationship. If you know it's time, but don't understand what's holding you back or why you can't figure it out by yourself, won't you call me? My public radio show: Happiness in Action-www.ksfr.org."

"We can go at your pace and discuss what your needs are from the very first session. You don't have to know exactly what you want to accomplish, what to say, or how to say it. I have compassionate, patient experience with all ages, circumstances, and backgrounds. When something in your life isn't sitting quite right with you, it can feel like a dull ache, an emergency, or an insurmountable problem. Whatever your thoughts, feelings, or fears we can sort through them and find real solutions attending to your needs in a caring, calm, and patient environment."

"I am an interactive, solution-focused hypnotherapist. My therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges and past traumas. I integrate complementary methodologies, techniques and therapies to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion, empathy, and understanding, I work with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing. With over 20 years experience in the healing arts profession, I am passionate about facilitating personal transformation."

"What would you like to change? Do you have negative core beliefs about yourself that are limiting your life? Are you troubled by painful emotions and unresolved trauma issues? Problems in relationships? I can help. My work combines effective mind/body and cognitive therapies and contemplative practices including EMDR and Self-Compassion that together can resolve even long standing trauma and emotional issues. Offering you safe, kind, respectful and proactive therapy to help with life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, interpersonal and work issues, and supporting recovery from addictions."

"Are you feeling stuck, fearful, and anxious? Do you see yourself continuing the same cycles or patterns over and over again? Toxic relationships, unhealthy patterns, poor self-care, and feeling like your emotions are in control of you may be some of what you're experiencing. Are you seeking a more immersive, healing experience? Are you open and ready for real change?"

"I treat therapy as a participatory experience. I am not outside your experience. My intention is to work as your ally to help you unfold into a richer, fuller, and more confident expression of your self; free from the constraints of old wounds and patterns that don't serve you any more."