Overcome Challenges

Psychotherapy can help you face a wide array of life challenges, including:

Depression

We all experience periods of different types of depression. Prolonged phases of sadness and hopelessness accompanied by difficulty sleeping, changes in appetite or eating, lack of motivation, and a loss of enjoyment in activities that usually bring pleasure can signify a clinical depression. Our work will help you alleviate depression and find ways to create a happier life. If an evaluation for medication is indicated, I work with a trusted network of psychopharmacologists. Together, we'll get you feeling better.

Anxiety

Anxiety can hold you back from living fully and expressing your true self. I understand the complexities of how problems get expressed by anxiety and panic. Drawing on the healing power of our therapeutic relationship, you will be able to learn new patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior that minimize symptoms of anxiety. When we get your symptoms under control, we can explore and resolve what brought about the anxiety in the first place.

Relationships

Navigating the dating scene can be daunting. Often, the person you choose to date has both the positive and negative qualities of the folks who raised you. As a result, you may find yourself reliving old disappointments and frustrations in your current relationships. Such intimacy may seem to elude you altogether. By exploring the dynamics of your current and past relationships, we can identify and work through the old wounds that are getting in the way of finding or keeping love.

Substance Use and Compulsive Behaviors

Are you making decisions in your life that just don’t feel right? Are friends or family questioning your drinking or drug use? Is your Internet use spinning out of control? Maybe you’re taking sexual risks you told yourself you never would take. You’re feeling confused and don’t know where to turn. I can help assess your use of substances or other behaviors that may have become problematic. Together, we can figure out what route will help you make positive change.

Living in Recovery

Successfully dating and building relationships, sorting through the wreckage of your past, healing family ties, finding a fulfilling career, just generally feeling stuck—these are only some of the issues people in recovery face after they have learned to live free from active addiction.
As an addiction recovery specialist, I can help you travel the “bridge back to life.” Read more about how I can help you get the most out of your recovery.

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Whether you are just starting to come out or have been out for many years, it’s important that you work with a therapist who understands and affirms
gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lives. I am deeply committed to the LGBT communities and understand the challenge of living in a society that can be hostile to your core identity. I have many years of experience working with LGBT individuals, couples, and families. We will work together in an atmosphere of safety and trust in which you can bring your whole self.