It's been said that people come to therapy when their house is on fire! It may feel that way if your efforts leave you discouraged, bewildered, frustrated. You may be hoping to find ways to deal more effectively with painful or self-destructive thoughts, behaviors, interactions, and emotions, and develop and better achieve goals that now seem unreachable. i can help you do these things in a safe, relaxed space, working together toward enhanced coping, confidence, fulfilling relationships, and peacefulness. My focuses are relationships of all kinds: couples work-- marriage, pre-marriage, divorce, infidelity-- and anxiety, depression, and trauma.
For couples and relationships, I use varying approaches. I have advanced training in Gottman and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). The latter, especially, shows 90% researched improvement rates in couples following it . I find useful results working with either couples or individuals wanting to learn/make personal changes to improve the relationship.
Resolving anxiety, depression, and trauma involves looking at the whole person-- emotionally, socially, spiritually, and physically-- using appropriate approaches (including EMDR) with a client's own strengths and abilities. It's all a hopeful venture-- serious concerns but with room for lightness and humor-- and renewed life as its goal.