Welcome! 

I currently have evening and Saturday appointment times available.

Thanks for visiting my website. I know it can be a challenge to find a counselor you’re comfortable with, someone you can trust and talk with openly. In my years of counseling practice, it has been my privilege to collaborate with clients to establish a relationship of mutual trust and respect. This is the foundation of everything I do. My work is in partnership with the people I see. If you decide to consult with me, we will work together to define the goals and outcomes that will, to the very best of our combined abilities, resolve whatever concerns you have. And since you’re visiting this website, probably you do have concerns about something in your life.

 
Your first session is free. This is a time when, without any obligation, we can meet, become acquainted, and decide if we want to work together. I will ask you lots of questions about why you’ve come, and I’ll be prepared to answer any questions you may have about the methods I work with. If we decide we won’t work together, I’ll offer you referrals to professionals I know and trust. If we decide we will work together, at that point we can discuss the fees and a schedule.

The length of therapeutic counseling can vary, but I find that most issues can be resolved with a fairly brief and focused process. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and work only with tested, research-proven methods.

My areas of focus are issues involving relationships, especially couples, and times of transition, along with the depression, and grief that can be sparked by these. By “transition,” I am talking about concerns around aging and also around moving into any new stage of life—from student to working adult, from single to partnered, from partnered to single, from one geographic location or one career to another.  This can also include significant losses such as loss of a loved one, financial or material loss, even moving location.  I am a practitioner of Gotttman Method Couples Therapy.  I have found this process to be the most effective and accessible method of working with couples that I have worked with in my career.