I
am a Catholic marriage and family therapist who helps individuals, couples, and families in pain to experience deep personal and
relational healing by using the top faith- and evidence-based treatments so
that they can live out their unique vocations to love with ever greater peace,
holiness, and joy.
I
help:
·
INDIVIDUALS
o Restore peace through
deep healing
o Resolve various
internal problems like:
* Anxiety
* Depression
* Addiction
* Post-traumatic stress
* OCD
* Bipolar disorder
* Poor
concentration/organization
o Overcome relational
challenges like:
* Recovering from
various betrayals due to affairs, addiction, or abuse/neglect
* Overcoming
co-dependent relationship tendencies
* Making better
relational choices
* Dealing better with
difficult family members, friends, bosses, or co-workers
·
COUPLES
o Save their marriages
o Stop unfairly blaming
one another
o Halt violent
outbursts
o Greatly reduce the
frequency and length of angry shouting matches
o Eradicate contempt for one another
o Rekindle their love for one
another
o Do heartfelt acts of
love for one another
·
PARENTS
o Regain control over
their children in a nurturing, yet firm way
o Love their children
in a way that the child can receive it
o Cope with the
disappointing choices of their adult children
o Better balance career
and home life
·
FAMILIES
o Deal with crises
and/or difficult situations
o Regain normal
functioning after crises
o Reconcile after
ruptures
o Work through family
transitions more smoothly
Besides
an emphasis on doing deep inner work with individuals, I also specialize in
rebuilding trust in relationships, improving communication, and eliminating
sexual addictions and/or cheating. EMDR is one method I use to help
reduce the effects of various traumas.
Some
of my credentials are as follows:
·
Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist
·
M.A.
Marriage and Family Therapy, Hope International University
·
M.A.
Moral Theology from Holy Apostles College, Summa Cum Laude
·
B.S.
Business, Management Information Systems, University of Wisconsin Parkside
·
E.M.D.R.
training from E.M.D.R.I.
·
Reality
Therapy (CBT) Certified from W.G.I.
o Practicum under
William Glasser, M.D.
·
Gestalt
Therapy training from G.A.T.L.A.
·
Baars/Terruwe
Model Affirmation Therapy
o Education from Fr.
Brian Mullady, O.P.
o 4-yr practicum under
Suzanne Baars, LMFT, Ph.D.
I
have given lectures on various topics to audiences in Southern California and
appeared as a guest on Catholic talk radio shows. I can be trusted to adhere to
the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.