Therapy Services

Real therapeutic work can feel daunting but it can provide great rewards and help us access hidden parts of ourselves that are necessary to be who we were always meant to be.  You, the client, dictate the approach that is the best fit to achieving your goals.  I may use Internal Family Systems to explore the aspects of ourselves that are in conflict and often prevent our true Self from taking a leadership role in our life.  I use Narrative Therapy to identify what stories we were told about ourselves that often hinder a more authentic story that is hopeful and nurturing.  Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is helpful to explore and break out of patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that leave us feeling anxious, depressed, and without healthy options.  Through it all, you are the expert in your personal experience and our collaboration helps us decide the approach that will most honor your journey and provide a shift toward wholeness.

With couples, I synthesize a variety of approaches.  I use aspects of the Gottman Method to help my couples explore how to strengthen their relationship and work on the aspects of relationships that often predict why they often fail.  This requires a new way of being in your partnership and increasing awareness of how we contribute and experience challenges.  I take elements of Emotion-Focused Therapy to explore and dig into underlying emotions that can both hinder and provide freedom to find our true voice in our most important relationships in life.  The guiding heart of my work with couples is Attachment Theory.  We form attachments early in life which show up in a variety of ways in the relationships we have today.  These can be coping strategies that allow us to set healthy boundaries or triggers that leave us confused and hurt.  We have a right to be seen by others and express our fuller selves in our individual pursuits and within our relationships.  

​At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security Parenting™ (COSP) program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.  

Learning Objectives of the Program:

•   Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read their emotional needs

•   Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions 

•   Enhance the development of your child's self-esteem

•   Honor your innate wisdom and desire for your child to be secure

I am a licensed COSP facilitator and offer this innovative and effective 8-week program to parents to help build and maintain a strong parent-child bond through the Circle of Security training.

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