DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

For three decades, I have worked with individuals, couples and families focusing on the relationship to self and others, spiritual and emotional growth, life transitions, and mental health. This may involve both the working-through of longer term family-of-origin issues as well as practical issues such as parent/child/spouse communication, decision making and the relationship to change. Within a psychodynamic background and a relational analytic model of psychotherapeutic change, I have expertise in the areas listed below.

VIPASSANA/MEDITATION BACKGROUND

23 year Vipassana daily sitting practice/7-14 day residential retreats yearly.

RELEVANT CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Clinical Psychology - Disorders of the Self (formerly Axis II), complex traumatic stress disorders, depression, anxiety and bi-polar mood disorders
Alcoholism/Chemical Dependency/Family Systems
EMDR trained, Level I and II
End of Life Counselor: Grief, Loss, Bereavement, and Dementia loss, including family systems needs and support
Diversity Specialist - blended and non-traditional families, sexual orientation, cultural differences and transitions of gender
DBT Skills and Individual therapy
Depth Therapy orientation - relational psychoanalysis, interpersonal neurobiology, dreamwork and archetypal psychology