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 As an independently
licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (PCC) with twenty years of
diverse therapeutic experience, my work has included traditional
in-office
counseling and psychotherapy, activity therapy, and personal
development coaching for adults,
children, and employees, and parent coaching. I specialize in helping
clients regain their
balance and define themselves, often in the midst of dizzying change
and crisis. Once grounded, clients are able to redesign their lives in
ways that allow them to feel more fully alive and productive.
My degrees include a Master's of
Education in Counseling with Clinical Endorsement, and Bachelor's
degrees in Psychology and Therapeutic Recreation. I also hold
certification in psychologist and researcher Martin Seligman’s
Authentic Happiness Coaching Program, a set of highly
researched strategies for helping clients increase their life
satisfaction. I am a member of the American Counseling
Association.
A Little About
Style
Quite simply, counseling and therapy
transform lives.
The issues we address are serious, but
that doesn’t mean the experience has to be heavy – far from it!
Often, the most productive work is playful and highly creative. We work
intensively – but lightly and with humor. Our conversations are frank
and authentic. We apply every ounce of energy and focus as we partner,
but we laugh, too.
When we make major changes in our
lives, we often face realities that are painful, but the experience is
less overwhelming with the focused presence of a therapist who never
loses touch with the strength and potential behind the pain. By
maintaining a focus on learning from each challenge, clients are able
to take away new insights from past difficulties and become
increasingly capable as a result.
The Importance
of Being…
A simple principle guides our work
together: that by fully defining and appreciating ourselves, we
naturally become empowered to release our unique gifts and dreams into
our work and our relationships, and to achieve joy and flow in our
lives. I firmly believe that the people we care about are best served
when we are acting from wholeness, not by our “playing a” in
an attempt to please them. Only when we allow our individual sparks to
glow is the Universe at its brightest.
Many of us are taught that being
valued by others means leaving our selves behind. We quickly
learn to act in ways that are inconsistent with our own beliefs and
feelings in order to avoid displeasing people whom we love and need.
What a paradox! For in order to be truly valued by another, we must
present an authentic self, not a façade designed to
avoid rejection. Only when we show others who we really are can we make
true connections; yet it is our fear of disconnection that drives us to
hide our real thoughts and feelings. What a joy to suddenly understand
that fully becoming the person you are meant to be is the very best way
to serve others!
Fully Becoming: That is the
goal of our work together.
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