My practice includes work with adults, adolescents, and children. I work with couples and families as well.
It is essential in the counseling relationship for clients to experience an environment of comfort and safety. When my clients feel a sense of rapport, trust and empathy, they are more able to explore emotional, spiritual, and physical healing. My first priority in counseling is to develop a genuine working relationship with each individual. We can then work together to create a plan for counseling that will be helpful and feel safe.
It is often helpful and necessary to work in conjunction with other professionals, and I enjoy collaborating with doctors, nurses, teachers, and other therapists.
I often teach REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy) principles in my work with clients. We all learn and develop habitual behaviors which can sometimes be harmful or dangerous in our lives. Most often they are the source of distress, anxiety, and/or disfunction in parts or all areas of our lives. When our discomfort becomes strong enough, only then do we tend to look at it more carefully and try to make changes. When my clients are experiencing this kind of distress, whether it's dangerous or simply uncomfortable, one of the areas I work on is understanding how to regain control. REBT is one of the strategies I teach for many problem areas.
One of my areas of practice is in helping parents to gain skills for parenting their children. It is one of the most stressful things we face as parents when our children are having difficulty, and we want to do anything we can to feel we are helping them. I have special training in parent-child relationships and behavior.
