Sleep or Insomnia Therapists in Santa Fe, NM

My focus is helping you find solutions to difficult problems and to help you reach your goals in as short a period of time as necessary. I work with you collaboratively to help you make the changes you want to make. In addition to being a solution-focused therapist, I have a client-centered approach to therapy. This means that your goals are the important goals. With your permission, I also utilize hypnotherapy processes to help you with what you want help changing. I have the utmost respect for you and your process.

I’m a highly experienced psychotherapist working with clients in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. I love moving with people through the places they want to change and grow. I’m honored to help those seeking clarity, calm, wisdom, freedom, and understanding.

Life can be overwhelming, and it can be difficult to find balance maintaining our emotional well-being. The journey of healing is a collaborative process where you supported to safely explore life’s challenges in a nonjudgmental environment. Through the therapeutic relationship the healing process begins and enables you to access your inner strengths. Gaining insight into yourself with a trusting therapist is truly transformative. Through therapy we not only gain a deeper understanding of ourselves but also to the people in our lives and the world around us.

I use an eclectic approach and work with all ages with all kinds of problems. I have been a psychotherapist for over 35 years, and my approach has developed over time. I believe that everyone is different and responds to different forms of treatment. I enjoy working with anyone who wants to learn more about themselves and how to deal with their problems, whether in their families, their work, or their relationships.

You don’t understand why you feel this way. You’ve worked so hard to get here but it feels different from what you had hoped for. On the surface things are going well but you still feel dissatisfied, empty, distant, and disconnected. There is a side of you that stays hidden from us and it is so exhausting for you to keep it that way. You feel like connecting and understanding will help you through this but another part of you is terrified of getting what you want. You’ve tried other therapists and perhaps medication, too; things feel a bit better for a little while, but you always come back to this. You want deeper, lasting change.

Are you having trouble coping? Crisis can be an opportunity for positive change. I can assist you with coping strategies, communication tools, and support if you are feeling stuck. I utilize a strength-based, holistic approach that is respectful and collaborative. Over 20 years experience utilizing evidence-based interventions for depression, relationship issues, anxiety, and trauma (EMDR, CPT, Internal Family Systems).

In addition to having my Masters in Counseling and Psychotherapy, I attended Southwestern College's Trauma, Grief and Renewal Certificate Program where I became a Certified Grief Counselor. I am devoted to a compassionate and person-centered approach. I take my client's lead and am happy to provide the lead if they feel lost. I continue to study with my teachers, Rev. Dr. Ted Wiard, José Stevens and I am inspired by the work of Dr. Judith Orloff.

I have successfully worked with individual adults, adolescents, couples, parents and children in Santa Fe since 1994. I am deeply respectful of people who seek me out. I am a keen listener and creatively solutions-oriented. My priority is to build a safe space to explore moods, feelings, anxieties, worries, thoughts and thought patterns, relationships and relationship patterns and a wide spectrum of traumatic life experiences that leave their mark on us. Things that are initially difficult to talk about air out and resolve in this collaborative space.

Life can often feel complicated and full of struggles. My commitment as a therapist is to help guide my clients through difficult issues to gain balance, wholeness, resiliency, insight and success in life. I offer an integrative blend of therapy modalities to meet each client where they are at. This blend honors the healing journey and finds value and learning in all the stages of growth. I carry a sensitivity and compassionate understanding of each individual's unique struggles and strengths and help clients realize their own path toward healing and wholeness.

I take a holistic approach to the transformational and healing process. I offer the opportunity to explore personal growth through the mind, body, and spirit. I use mindfulness practices to guide individuals and families through relationship challenges, grieving difficulties, and issues related to substance abuse, trauma, and other life stressors.

My work is fundamentally about helping you resolve issues, improve your relationships, accept and appreciate yourself, and cultivate balance and fulfillment. My approach is broad and inclusive. I have specific training in humanistic therapy, relationship counseling and depth psychology, and can employ techniques from all of these disciplines. However, more important than any technique is what arises in the present moment interaction between you and me. I meet you where you are and listen deeply to your narrative, needs and desires. We collaboratively craft an intention for our work, including what modalities may be most helpful.

You are not alone in experiencing times when you need extra support - ideally from someone who makes you feel safe, accepted, understood, and warmly cared about, as well as someone skilled in their craft. My clients experience me in this way. I am passionate about working with people who are dealing with a wide range of issues, including relationship difficulties, grief and loss, major transitions, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependence, and trauma. Research shows that no one therapeutic approach is more effective than another – rather, the relationship between client and therapist has the greatest impact on healing.

I am a prescribing psychologist providing medication management and diagnostic assistance to adults in Santa Fe. I treat a wide variety of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, to psychotic disorders. When prescribing, I combine my expertise as a mental health diagnostician and psychologist with my extensive understanding of psychiatric medications and how they work. I am a "depth prescriber," and in some ways may approach treatment from a paradoxical position. I treat psychiatric symptoms to remission with medications, using the best of what the medical model has to offer in the process.

I have maintained a private practice in Clinical Psychology for the past 30 years specializing in problems of adulthood. Treatment of anxiety and mood disorders is a specialty with one third of my caseload comprised of couples experiencing relationship issues. Recently, I transferred my practice to Santa Fe from the east coast and I am currently accepting new patients. My approach to helping is eclectic drawing upon a foundation of theoretical learning from the major schools of psychotherapy and years of training and experience.

You deserve a healthier, wealthier, and more fulfilling life where you wake up ready to tackle every day with passion and enthusiasm. Helping people tap their innate strengths and shift their thinking to reach and even surpass their potential is what gets me out bed every morning. My life’s mission is to help you break through your challenges and overcome your limiting beliefs to attain the results you desire and deserve, and have fun doing it. Together we'll overcome your limiting beliefs, follow a proven framework for creating new habits to overcome those beliefs, and then work to reinforce those new habits to achieve your goals.