People come to therapy for so many reasons:
- the pain of depression, anger, anxiety or low self-esteem.
- career and life transitions.
- loss of a loved one.
- relationship dissatisfaction and/or divorce.
- unexpected life events, such as a health crisis or trauma.
Sometimes it's the awareness of mortality
or an inclination toward personal growth.
They share a call from within asking us to pay attention.
I am a skilled, trained, compassionate guide. I facilitate the connection with one's inner wisdom, to inform the right way forward toward greater emotional fulfillment in work, play and love.
Relationship Specialist: Coupling and Uncoupling Well
Pre-Commitment Preparation
Couples who have had pre-commitment preparation often say it has been a touchstone for their relationship in the years ahead. This short-term educational/discussion format will focus on: expectations of partnership, communication do’s and don’ts, stages of couplehood and value definition as it relates to common areas of couple concerns such as extended family, children, sex, and finances
Couples/Marital Counseling
Goals include: Building a solid base of connection, strengthening positive communication, decreasing negative communication, developing shared meaning in living life together, and developing skills in productive conversation in working out differences and injuries/wounds.
Separation/Divorce
Divorce is hard on everyone. I support and guide individuals, couples and families through the divorce process. I help to create a new path forward toward fulfilling possibilities.
I am also a divorce coach in collaborative practice. Collaborative practice is a team, non-adversarial approach where attorneys and other professionals work together to bring closure to a marriage.
Singles Coaching
A structured, goal-oriented supportive process where singles often seek to find greater enjoyment of life as a single person and/or develop a strategy to search for a partner.
Individual Therapy for Singles
Dating, relationships and the kinds of connections we are choosing are at their core a reflection of one's inner state of life. The process of dating and coupling and uncoupling often bring to awareness a motivation for self-exploration and personal growth.
(Expect Certification in Gottman Couples Therapy 2015)
I have been conducting PRESENTATIONS and WORKSHOPS on various mental health topics throughout my career including the following: Intimacy in Relationships, Success and Survival as a Single, Adjustment to Divorce, Stress and Burn Out, Parenting, Deciding on Psychotherapy, Life Tasks For Seniors, Mother and Daughter Relationships, Living and Working Well in Midlife. Coping With Chronic Health Concerns. Workshop presenter at the Jungian Institutes in New York and Washington D.C.
GROUPS
Wisdom at Midlife: Personal Growth Group
“One cannot live the afternoon of one’s life in the way of the morning.”(C. Jung)
Midlife is a time to become ourselves as fully as we are able to within the limits imposed on us. It is a time of inventory taking and re-definition. At mid-life we begin to seriously address the question: And did you get what you wanted from this life even so? (R. Carver) This group will serve as a guide and support with the developmental imperatives common to this age.
Relevant Quotes Related to Psychotherapy
Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakens. Carl Jung
Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us. Rainer Maria Rilke
Our dreams can often tell us what and where a problem is long before a doctor can diagnose. Marion Woodman
The moment I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along. Rilke
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot
I am a licensed psychologist with 37 years of clinical experience. In this capacity I have conducted psychotherapy, supervision, training, teaching, consultation and program development. These 37 years experience include:
Department of Psychology Adjunct Instructor (taught courses psychology of careers and psychology of gender)
College Counseling Centers (Seton Hall University, University of Buffalo and Catholic University)
Health Maintenance Organization (Rutgers Community Health Plan) in Princeton, New Jersey
Veterans Administrations Hospital (Alcoholic Ward) in Buffalo, New York
Community Mental Health Center (Wayne Counseling Center) in Wayne, New Jersey.
Private Practive (offices in Ellicott City and Rockville, MD)
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