I help people overcome emotional barriers to restore healthy self-image and intimacy in relationships. My style is compassionate, playful and heartfelt. I specialize in working with attachment issues, recovering addicts, codependent relationships, adults from neglectful/abusive families, survivors of sexual abuse, social anxiety, issues related to identity and problems with intimacy. I'm also a certified PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator who conducts assessment-based premarital and relationship therapy.

Have you ever had a therapist sit silently the entire session while you recounted your childhood memories or what you did that week? I can assure you - you won't get this with me. Trained as a behavioral scientist, I rely on evidence-based approaches for improving well-being. Through thoughtful questioning, constructive reflection, and carefully-designed behavioral experiments, I provide you with the opportunity to practice both problem-focused and emotion-focused strategies for coping with life's stressors. I work collaboratively with you to help you establish new habits to enhance your quality of life.

In every psychotherapy session there is a place where the client and therapist meet and come alive in the present moment. This is the place that I work from. I achieve this through active dialogue, attentive listening and creative exchange. I think it is essential to offer a space where you can feel safe to be honest about what is happening in your life.Whether you're dealing with relationship issues, anxiety, depression or struggling with a life transition, it is the relationship between you and me that leads to insight and healing.

Unresolved conflicts, sadness, worries, relationship dissatisfaction, divorce, , destructive behaviors, loss, trauma, or other adverse life experiences. These moments can torment the best of us and are not uncommon. What you are going through now is a chapter in your book, but certainly not the whole story. You are looking for assistance in understanding yourself more deeply, better cope with change and find the happiness, balance and calm.

I create a safe holding space where people can deeply explore what is blocking them from enjoying their lives to the fullest. I focus on authentic connection and empathy to build trusting therapeudic relationships. I am a driven individual who is passionate about the well-being of people from all backgrounds. My experiences enable me to effectively work with people on a wide range of problems, including trauma, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and substance use recovery.

As a clinical psychologist I specialize in treating anxiety and depression in the context of trauma, work stress, relationship problems and family conflict. I help people deal with issues including grief and loss, substance abuse, domestic violence, and childhood trauma. My approach is to seek immediate reduction in symptoms while carefully addressing long-term, underlying problems.

Navigating life’s precious or difficult moments can be challenging for anyone, and seeking help is an important step for you to achieve fulfillment. Working with a wide range of clients, from children to adults, I lead with empathy to help my clients balance their emotions and understand what may be preventing them from realizing their full potential.

I have worked in Calaveras county providing counseling services for over 20 years. I am a supportive, non judgmental person who can help individuals cope with the difficulties in their lives, and make changes in the way they think and behave. I work best with teens, and adults, and have experience with disabilities, trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, bipolar, and other adjustment to life issues.I believe in helping my clients find their inner wisdom and strengths to make positive changes in their lives.

There are expereinces in our lives that leave us feeling disconnected and ill at ease. Feeling misunderstood in our realtionships can be painful and confusing. Psychotherapy provides the oppertunity for self discovery and understanding. A safe environment to explore our thougths and feelings and make sense of our emotions. Resulting in increased self understanding and compassion. This experience is the basis for developing positive relationships in other areas of your life. Each of us wants to connect with family members, friends and co-workers in a meaningful way, leaving us feeling understood and accepted.

Relationships can be the most rewarding and the most frustrating thing in our lives. When going well, you feel great. When there is conflict you are at a loss. You may find yourself struggle with a partner or parent, your children or co workers, we can ask the same questions. How do you manage your needs with someone else's? Do you even know what your needs are? How do you communicate with kindness and compassion, yet feel liberated to express what you truly feel? When you are overwhelmed do you find yourself running away or run after the person? These questions and more are the ones to ask.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that has been providing service for 16 years. I currently see individuals, couples, families, young adults, and adolescents in my private practice. In addition, I facilitate psycho-educational and support groups. I provide a unique approach that fits the needs of every client. I customize my treatment plan based on where my client is at while providing a safe, nurturing, collaborative environment.

My job is to assist you in: Identifying strengths, getting them back, skillfully utilizing them in everyday reality. Your goals, your problem solving, your issues, your feelings - this is what really matters. Your beliefs and life principles are the guide in our sessions. To fit your needs as well as your budget and time resources I have a variety of counseling formats: individual in person and online, couple's in person and online, support groups: 2 hours weekly; 3 days (weekend retreats). For detailed information go to www.ablifetime.com

As a Mindfulness and Trauma/EMDR trained therapist, I believe in creating a collaborative space for positive change, growing trust in self, and resolving the obstacles that block your path to peace, creativity and joy. Together we will explore the road to your happiness and wellbeing. Mindfulness techniques and understanding how the body processes trauma can help you heal from the past allowing you to be present in the now. In a supportive environment we will create pathways to access and fortify your uniqueness, unexplored talents, and healing to allow you to blossom into the person you always imagined you could be.

This defines my view of being a therapist: "One of the greatest privileges of the human being is to become a midwife to the birth of the soul of another person. This is what therapy is about: helping people retrieve what has been lost to them, wakening and bringing home their fundamental wholesomeness” (from Plato's Symposium). John O’Donohue continues: “Therapists are like poets: they draw on the power of words in the profoundly creative work of bringing people fully alive to themselves, awakening in them the human capacity for divine imagination that ‘dreams our completion’.”

Are you confused about what you want out of life? Struggling to make the right choices for yourself? Feeling sad, anxious or having difficulty adjusting to a major life change? Wishing that you could have healthier, more meaningful relationships and improved communication? Seeking insight and self-awareness?

During the current public health crisis, when so many aspects of our lives have been upturned, I can offer you compassionate therapeutic support. I am currently working via phone and video sessions (FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom) to help diverse individuals navigate both old and new challenges, including social isolation, relationship tensions, creative blocks, economic distress, and survival fears. In addition, I am talking with clients about beginning to try to make some meaning out of this unprecedented global phenomenon. I welcome your email or call, and look forward to talking about how I might be able to help.

In transition? Dealing with depression and anxiety? Recovering from trauma? Relationship stress? My warm and personal approach to the issues you bring forward will support you in developing your own resources and resilience in facing life's challenges. The answers you seek lie within--it's my job to help you connect with your inner wisdom and design the life you want. Together we invoke your personal courage to support your life's journey. As an ally and guide, I am here to help you on the path to a more fulfilling and inspiring life.

In the process of growing up, children can experience difficulty coping at home, school, with divorce, trauma, or loss. Families choose to come to therapy for a variety of reasons, including self growth and increased awareness. Common issues of concern are: depression, anxiety, conflict in relationships, and life transitions. I offer a heart-centered approach to healing. Are you ready to make a change? If so, please call me today to set up a confidential appointment.

Feeling stuck? Doing the best you can to cope? Are your relationships becoming difficult to hold together? Supportive counseling in a safe,accepting environment can help. Life sometimes seems filled with loss.. The loss of people,relationships or pets we cherish and even the loss of our youth. These struggles need time, compassion and attention to heal. I have been there and am dedicated to helping you. Working through a broken relationship, contemplating divorce or facing an empty nest? Counseling can help you find your own voice, stay present and begin to journey forward in your own way. It really can.

I think we all know life can be a bit messy and confusing at times. We have moments where we feel stuck, blocked, or just fatigued and burnt out! Stuck in the loop of the same disastrous relationships, blocked from life with the "disease to please" everyone, and burnt-out from unnecessary guilt. If this feels familiar, I get it, and I can help.