A range of therapeutic approaches is drawn upon in Presence-Centered psychotherapy that all support "doing what works" and are individually tailored for each client. I am committed in daily practice to "awakening" and healing that is sustained. Bringing a solid background with cognitive-behavioral therapy, a family systems approach and drawing upon highly practical functional living skills, our work rests on three core orientations, like a three-legged stool.

The first leg is more and more simply "being present" in this moment as well as witnessing one's mind or ego in freeing oneself from incessant thoughts, beliefs, stories and roles.

The second leg is learning and honing a targeted set of tools, skills, abilities, distinctions and strategies to effectively address uncomfortable symptoms, live more functionally and peacefully during daily activities as well as thrive in the world.

The third leg is the use of mind-body approaches to help move all the way through and release the emotional "charge" on unworkable patterns, mistaken beliefs and survival decisions.

Inquiry approaches such as desensitizing and deconstructing difficult beliefs, roles and behavior patterns is especially helpful for clients in freeing themselves to live healthier and happier today. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a remarkably powerful mind-body approach that uses bilateral stimulation (that is, safe and simple alternating stimulation of each side of your body) to help resolve incomplete traumas, clear the charge on old unworkable patterns and install more workable ways of knowing and valuing one's true capabilities and strengths.

When combined, these three core approaches can be remarkably synergistic, supportive, powerful and useful in enhancing the therapeutic enterprise and healing process of wholeness.

The hallmark of this vision is facilitating the entrance of clients into the organic space of empowerment in the now, that is, to encourage and invite clients to assume authority and accountability for making true choices in their life, living in the present, and enjoying truly fulfilling and contributing lives.

The vision offered is to "stand under" a palpable experience of direct living, sensing and feeling--another meaning of the word "understand". Each consultation is the opportunity to meet clients exactly where they are in this moment of their lives and offer what is most adaptive and immediately useable.

I'm a "stretch", not a "shrink", who still loves and enjoys the privilege of contributing to receptive, proactive clients, especially ones who bring a clear-eyed, heartfelt commitment to grow, unfold and evolve into being who they truly are.