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The primary purpose of psychotherapy, as I see it, is to help the client gain insight that will motivate him or her to better their lives. Even if the insight is recognizing the difference between what one can and cannot control, a client learns to focus his or her attention to what can be changed, while learning ways to accept or manage those aspects of life that are out of our control. Furthermore, the goal of psychotherapy is to not make the client into a miniature version of the counselor but to help the client discover whom he or she wants to be in order to lives a fulfilling and rewarding life.

We cannot change your past, yet, working together, we can change the effects of your past on your todays and tomorrows. I believe that a deeper understanding of where you came from will open the path and facilitate the journey to where you would like to be, emotionally, spiritually and physically. I work with clients to not only teach tools for daily living, but to uncover the roots of difficult issues and how to heal and grow past your woundings. Let the journey begin!

Colleagues and clients I've worked with say that I am warm, approachable, humorous, and an advocate for others. Clients specifically often say that they feel better heard by me, compared to their friends/family/other therapists, and that I help them to understand why they feel the way they do, identify and implement how they want to move forward differently, and simply accept themselves as perfectly imperfect beings.