About Me

Greetings, 

Hopefully this page will help you to begin to get to know me and my approach as a therapist.  I began my career more than 30 years ago.    

Over the years, I have worked with individuals and couples to feel more connected in their relationship and with themselves.  

Working in these areas has given me great satisfaction. Over the years, I witnessed many clients feeling stuck either in their relationship, feeling out of place in the world, not knowing what direction to take.

When life is not in the flow, we begin to question ourselves, our relationships.  Our true self is hidden leaving us feeling out of control. 

I have worked with many clients over the years helping to change their narratives and discover their place in the world.  To find contentment in their lives.  

You can bring more balance to your inner and outer worlds. The outer world can have many demands on our lives.  Navigating a life only from an outer perspective can leave us feeling unfulfilled, without meaning. 

My theories, models and experience

In the earlier years of my practice, I focused on addictions, youth and families.  I provided clinical supervision for 4 years in an adolescent addiction clinic.  While I no longer work with people struggling with addictions, I continue to benefit from the training and experience.   

My own therapy significantly influenced my direction as a therapist.  I spent 2 years in Jungian-based psychotherapy, including dream work.  A short time later, I completed a year long study in Jungian psychology.

This provided the theoretical framework for my approach as a therapist.  The focus of this work is based on the concept of individuation, or becoming who you are meant to be.  The process involves bringing unconscious material to consciousness through dream work or active imagination.  

I discovered 20 years ago a therapy model, IFS, that is in part influenced by the concepts of Carl Jung.  The model helps clients identify parts of themselves that impede awareness and personal growth. The founder of this model, Richard Schwartz, discovered in his clients over the years an inner family system, mostly out of our awareness.  As the parts of ourselves become revealed or conscious, we can more easily live in the Self.  

My personal meditation and yoga practice have influenced my therapy practice.  I began my meditation practice in my late teens.  I spend 10 months in India deepening my practice of both.