In my therapeutic practice I integrate psychodynamic theory with cognitive theory. The psychodynamic theory focuses on psychological forces that underlie human behavior and emphasize the interaction between the unconscious and conscious motivation. Therapist and client work together to illuminate unconscious behavior that may be hidden or suppressed by the conscious mind. While psychodynamic therapy can be very healing in its own right, cognitive theory is able to deal with the here and now aspect and is able to spur change in a timely fashion. Cognitive theory looks at how the client perceives and interprets meaning in their daily lives. Cognitive theory believes that one becomes depressed because their thinking is biased towards negative interpretations. Depressed people may have developed a negative schema of the world while growing up. Narrative therapy works well in this situation in order to develop a new view on past and current life situations. As a therapist I am routinely studying new and improved techniques in modern therapy and I would be more than happy to discuss my views and objectives with you.

My post graduate degree is in marriage and family therapy which provides me with a very strong background in family and couples work. I also received my bachelors degree in child and family development. I have spent much of my career working in the public school system providing individual, group and family therapy to high risk students. While working for the school system I taught parenting classes on a routine basis.

Along with traditional therapy I also offer counseling based on popular metaphysical techniques. I have been teaching classes on the Law of Attraction and how to use specific processes in order to attract certain events, things or people into your life. Some students and clients come in to learn how to better attract something specific in their lives while others come in to develop more control over their thoughts and emotions.