Services

Psychotherapy / Counseling for Individuals, Couples, Families, Children & Adolescents.

Individual Counseling

Life is often compared to a journey because very seldom do we feel well positioned and safely settled in who we are.

It is a tremendous step to seek out help from someone you don't know, and I admire your courage to do something about your current situation. Whether you are reaching a point of crisis or merely frustrated, therapy is an appropriate approach for moving through this place in your life.

Whether it is in our work, with family and friends, or even our own skin, it takes time to understand and appreciate what is unique about ourselves. Like life, therapy is a process, or journey, that requires courage, patience, and perseverance.

My particular training has led me to believe firmly in our common need as people for fulfilling, life-giving relationships. However, we often find ourselves without this basic need in our lives and are confused why this is and how it could ever be different. For this reason, I am most interested in working with you to understand what has taken place in your life to lead you to the point of seeking help and then what steps need to be taken to gain a new sense of fulfillment and purpose in your life and most important relationships. How we do this will depend largely on you and your goals for therapy.

Individual counseling is right for you if you are experiencing:

Couples Counseling

My goal in couples therapy is to meet you where you are at and help you begin the work of forging a new path through the pain and anger of past hurt.

One of the most difficult relationships to navigate in life is with our spouse or partner. There are many reasons for why this is and are as varied as there are people. Please know, it is not too late for both individuals in the relationship to make the changes needed to revive and strengthen this most crucial partnership through couples counseling or marriage counseling.

Whether you are newly married, planning for that special day, or wanting to remember why you said "I do" in the first place, I seek to inspire new responses to your life together that are healthy and vibrant.

The following are common obstacles for couples in a partnership:

Family Counseling

There is some truth to the idea that we don't get to choose our family. However, we do get to choose who we are in the family that we have.

So, who are you in your family? What role do you play? Is it a healthy role or does your role leave you feeling trapped, unseen, or alone? Families are sophisticated social groups and don't change easily. Families have to see the benefit of new choices and habits before they will choose to pursue something different.

I work daily with families caught between the desire for change and the difficulty of growth. When they are able to choose something new for themselves, they almost always find that they have made the right choice and feel new excitement for themselves and the ones they love the most.

Common issues that keep families distant and disconnected:

Children & Adolescent Counseling

Children are both resilient and fragile and their needs are constant.

As a parent of a child or adolescent, you have likely experienced both the deep joy of seeing your child grow and the insecurity of not knowing what they need or how to meet that need. Often it is this struggle to communicate needs between child and parent that plays a large part in conflict and difficulty.  

Using the language of play, let me help your child or adolescent explore and discover what their needs are and how you as their parent or guardian can more fully meet that need.  

Common issues that children and adolescents need help with.

Call me to discuss which counseling option is best for you.