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Therapy should focus on helping you reach your goals. Many of my clients have come for help in troubling life circumstances and want to enjoy life and feel more motivated. My philosophy about therapy is simple - I encourage clients to do more of what is working and less of what is not. I specialize in brief therapy for individuals and families who are experiencing a wide variety of problems and want to actively work to make a change. I have ten years of experience working with adults, teens, and children in a wide variety of settings. Sign up for a free consultation today.

The process of therapy is and should be tailored to each individual's life experience. Research shows that clients in therapy, who seek assistance to deal with a whole range of issues, challenges, thoughts, and emotions, can experience a positive benefit. In our collaborative work, we will complete a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment, where we look at many life factors that may be contributing to those challenges for which therapy is being considered. After an assessment, we will have a clearer idea of core values, possible goals and many ideas on designing a flexible plan that is easy to understand and use to bring about the transformation desired.

I offer depth psychotherapy for women and men who realize that their lives and their relationships are not satisfying leaving them and they are frustrated, angry and hurt. Whether with a significant other, at work or in their families, my clients know that something is not working but they are at a loss to understand what it is and how to fix it. This is where psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can be very helpful. Understanding how you were taught to view the world and beginning to question those beliefs can lead to significant improvements in relationships and overall well-being. Please email me or go to my website, www.rancho-mirage-psychotherapy.com

My approach to psychotherapy is collaborative in that I work with my clients to unearth dysfunctional patterns of behaving or relating that are keeping them from the fulfilling lives and/or relationships they seek. As a solutions-focused psychotherapist I use complementary therapy approaches and techniques to teach clients new skills, increase understanding and insight, and build healthier lifestyle habits that are customized to address their unique therapy goals. My clients are encouraged to practice these new behaviors and ways of thinking between sessions so that the changes they make through our work together produce more satisfying and fulfilling lives.

Psychotherapy or counseling is an essential tool to provide individuals, couples or family groups who may have been in conflict, discord or even crisis to a new level of resolve and ideally into a functioning working relationship with restored possibilities of effective communications and an integration of new responses and new relationship insight and responsibility. Counseling an psychotherapy are meant to help a person see themselves and the world around them in a manner which can provide them with valuable insights, awareness and useful life tools which will lead to effective and successful behaviors, personal contentment and greater possible happiness.

I look at the root of your issue in the first session. I focus on what brought you into my office, what your presenting issues are and then i go deeper to look at where, how , and why your current conflict is present for you. Sometimes, it is simple like a response to a traumatic event. Most of the time the current event triggers an emotional response that needs to be understood more clearly. People act out their emotions through alcohol or drug addiction, cheating, remaining detached some or most of the time, anger etc, which are all symptoms. Yes in and of themselves they become an issue but going to the source of the pain helps minimize future acting out behaviors.