Professional Services
I provide services to adults, adolescents, and families. I specialize in working with LGBTQIA community. I also specialize in working with individuals and families impacted by adoption, foster care, relative care and associated traumas. I integrate cognitive behavioral, insight-oriented, trauma-focused and experiential, body-based clinical approaches which are tailored to meet the needs of each individual client. I utilize mindfulness techniques, promote secure-functioning attachment skills based on the most recent research in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology. I approach each session with a mixture of direct and collaborative interventions in order to produce results from the beginning of treatment.
Adults
So many of us walk through life believing that there is something wrong with us. Therapy can shine a light on these core negative beliefs, guiding us to challenge them and to discover our true selves with insight and compassion. Explore who you are, free yourself from these limiting beliefs and past hurts, and learn how to fall in love with yourself and experience the joys this life offers.
Adolescents and Families
Treatment of adolescents involves a combination of individual and family interventions. Individual sessions give teens the opportunity to talk freely with an adult who is unbiased and skilled in guiding youth to explore and discuss the important issues and concerns they are experiencing in their lives, and to help them to make responsible, healthy decisions. Family sessions strengthen the relationships, shine a light on possible dysfunctional dynamics in the family, supports strengthening the areas that are working and addressing/modifying the ones that aren’t. The combination of these approaches helps elevate respect, responsibility, cooperation, conflict-resolution, and ultimately greater harmony, fun, and closeness in families.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
My practice is open to everyone. All human beings are deserving of respect and regard. I greet everyone with compassion and acceptance, irrespective of your personal, political or religious beliefs. I feel especially strong about the importance of welcoming all people, irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, gender expression and sexual orientation.
Tele-Sessions or In-Person Sessions
In today’s world, telemedicine is no longer a thing of science fiction. I am happy to offer tele-sessions to my clients from the comfort of their own home, office or car during lunch break! I am only able to provide tele-sessions to individuals living in California. In-person sessions are offered at my Irvine office. For the present time, clients must be able to show proof of COVID-19 vaccines and boosters in order to be seen in person.