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My psychotherapeutic approach is based on the time-tested intervention that is called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT helps people understand how their thoughts can control their actions and vice versa. Once one of those is altered, the other can subsequently follow, resulting in a happier and healthier life for you and those around you. It is a powerful path to successful treatment with many mental health challenges.

My approach to therapy is not a quick fix or a band-aid approach. It is not self-help advice or executive coaching. It is a process of research-proven, emotional surgery that gets at the heart of your issues and heals them at their source. If you’re like many of my clients, you’ve conquered in the workplace and found success. And yet, you’re not at peace with your life. Whether it’s stress, trauma, addiction, strained relationships, or a lack of motivation, something needs to change. Often, my role is to help successful men get their hearts back. I can help you rediscover your purpose, reconnect with what matters, heal your insecurities, improve your relationships, and leave a legacy.

I offer my clients the opportunity to explore their past to discover what is keeping them from finding the kind of success and fullfillment that they desire. With some guidance from me and a willingness to share and grow, my clients have found that they are able to find the confidence that they need to accomplish their dreams and find fullfillment in their lives.

Psychotherapy, better known as "Talk Therapy" is therapeutic in and of itself because of the avenue it provides to clients to be heard and understood. This is most important to me when treating my clients. I can assure you that my uncanny ability to put others at ease by providing a caring, healing and safe environment will benefit you beyond what all the medications and psychological tools and techniques can offer.

As licensed psychotherapists, we provide a safe and supportive therapeutic environment for helping our clients to process emotions, traumas, and explore their personal experiences to gain insight and make progress toward their goals. Processing your experiences in psychotherapy has many benefits, including lessening undesirable symptoms, increasing positive emotions, improving outlook on life and helping you to understand yourself and your life better. We will utilize psychotherapy techniques tailored to your specific needs to assist you in getting closer to where you would like to be.

My education and training in many therapeutic modalities, as well as teaching and training other therapists, allows me to individualize your psychotherapy. Together we address the presenting problems and challenges with the goal of understanding how things got to be as they are, capitalizing on your strengths and learning how to cope with your vulnerabilities for the maximum capacity for healthy and happy love, work and play.

Freud is the father of psychotherapy. However, many things have changed since his day and many of his theories are no longer practiced in therapy. One thing we believe at Gateway that is still true is that the past does often affect the present of people. The past need not define us in the present or determine our future. But it can give us awareness as to why we both do and react to some things now. We work on what we call here the back end and the front end issues to change the things in the present the client wants to change. This tends to result in more permanent behavior change.

Psychotherapy, or also known as talk therapy is a way to assist individuals with various mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. Psychotherapy can help eliminate or control troubling symptoms so an individual can improve their daily functioning. Issues helped by psychotherapy include difficulties with daily life; the impact of trauma, loss, such as the death of a loved one; and specific mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD. There are several different types of psychotherapy and some types may work better with certain problems or issues. I use different methods to assist. Call me today to find out what works best for you and your loved ones.

Understanding how you view the world can carry immense benefits. I can help you learn how what happened to you may have negatively affected you, and how to understand how that has colored your viewpoint until now. By examining your own history, you can change your life in a positive way going forward. It's almost impossible to see yourself- let me hold up a mirror and help you understand yourself and your world better.

I work with an entire person--the mind, emotions, body, spirit, relationships. I offer an alternative approach to traditional psychotherapy because sometimes we are stuck beyond our thoughts. I believe we are often stuck beyond how we think about something, but by how our body holds and remembers the experiences. After all, we feel the anxiety in our chest, shoulders or stomach. When we are depressed, we struggle to move, sleep, concentrate etc. I work to remove the block from wherever it is stuck. My clients come to me after years of ineffective therapy. They are looking for more than talking about their struggles or identifying how they think about them in favor of a change in living.

Are you stuck? Do you feel like you are not living the life you always wanted? Is fear controlling your choices? Are you burdened by past experiences? In sessions we will identify what is holding you back and limiting your freedom; Worried about disappointing important others? Concerned about failing? Believing you are not good enough? Once we recognize the obstacles preventing you from living life according to your goals and values, we can start working on each of them, exploring its function in your life and the reasons it has such a strong hold of you for so long. We can then come up with ways for you to keep what you need and let go of the burdens, so you can move forward in your life.

In everyday life, we don't always get the chance to express how we are really feeling or share our struggles in an honest way. Psychotherapy provides a unique environment where you can share your emotions and true self and be met with empathy and the full attention of another person. In our sessions, I will be there to support you on your journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance. Through this relational approach, you'll discover patterns you want to change, increase self-awareness and gain coping skills that work for you.

I am truly honored to work with individuals and couples from all backgrounds and orientations. I am also proud to partner with underserved populations such as those in law enforcement, the military, faith based and LGBTQIA+ communities. I respect and honor you as the expert in your own life and will create a space that is safe, affirming, and authentic.