History
BA Psychology, Columbia University, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa - 1982 MS Psychiatric Social Work, Columbia University, 1984 Experience: Neuropsychiatric Unit, NY Presbytarian Hospital Marine Base, El Toro, Drug and Alchohol Couseling, Family Violence Center Geropsychiatric Unit, West Anaheim Medical Center Dual Diagnosis Unit, Lakewood Regional Med. Center Leisure World, Seal Beach, Older Adult Counseling Private Practice 2003-Present Additional Education: Mentorship with Dr. WIlliam Glasser, Brentwood, Ca. in Reality/Choice Therapy Supervision with Dr. Alison Lee, Ottawa, Canada, in Emotion Focused Couple Counseling Group Supervision with Dr. Judith Anderson,Irvine, CA, in Couples Counseling
Specialties
Being stressed about work, relationships with the important people in your life, fear of change are the most common reasons people seek help. Therapy does help! It is a relationshipa with a trusted confidant who is highly trained in problems of the mind and emotions. In my decades of work on inpatient psychiatric hospital units and in outpatient private practice, I've helped clients from all walks of life and all types of problems. After one consultation, I will provide you a different perspective on your problem. And offer you a direction for how we can work to resolve it. Though I may make suggestions, ultimately, I believe you are the authority on your own life and will make changes at your own pace! I enjoy working with businessmen and women, engineers, writers and academics. My background in both the corporate world and the arts helps me understand the particular challenges you face. I also enjoy working with perplexed parents and twenty-somethings, having been both a perplexed parent and a very perplexed at times twenty-something. I work with individuals and couples, age range from 20-60+ years old. I make myself available for phone consultation to all of my clients should the need for a brief conversation between sessions arise. If you have any questions, feel free to write via e-mail or telephone my office. I will respond within 24 hours.