Services

 My services have been widely known on the West Coast to help increase my clients’ overall satisfaction and compassion for their experience through deepened mindfulness of who they are that in turn deepens focus, sharpens attention and expands a sense of what is possible beyond fixations and worries. The practices we use can increase awareness of mind/body/speech habits which lead to greater control of those habits. Simply put, I help people make meaning and build lasting trust in that meaning.  You know from your own good relationships that presence, honesty and compassion is everything. The same goes for counseling and psychotherapy. Presence is the foundation for an effective counseling relationship. I take very seriously my attention with clients and have been experienced as an exceptionally present and caring therapist.

 I provide counseling in Oregon (C3088). I am licensed as a Psychologist in CA (20558).  I work from a transpersonal relational base grounded in interpersonal brain science with Individual adults and teens by Appointment Only. Periodically personal growth classes are offered. Our sessions typically last approximately 50 minutes.

Insurance Accepted: Pacific Source Private Plans; OHP; First Choice. Fee for Service.  

 Issues people come to me to work with and transform include:  • Stress • Anxiety • Depression / Mood Swings • Relationship Problems • Trauma • Grief and Loss  • Difficult Life Transitions •  Identity Crisis • Physical Complaints/Pain • Stalled Creativity • Anger • Addiction  • Integrating and Grounding Spiritual Growth • Peak Performance • Smoking Cessation.  

Treatment Approach:  Based upon my 25 plus years of education, training and experience in counseling, psychology, hypnotherapy and many Eastern & Western Wisdom Traditions and my own mindfulness practices over the last 40 years, I consciously and creatively integrate the appropriate combination of modalities given your needs and styles. First and foremost I am an Integrative Contemplative Counselor approaching issues from a positive strength based and client centered perspective. We look together holistically at all aspects of your life and honestly evaluate what has worked and what needs our focus now.  Most important is the process that reveals to my clients’ their own inner resources and skills for living a satisfying life. I essentially help patients’ build bridges to their greater Self and abilities and work with them to creatively integrate their new perspectives confidently into everyday life.  My work has been particularly effective in transforming long-standing struggles.  With client’s permission I work closely with other health providers clients may have to achieve an effective “wrap around treatment”. I integrate my work with extensive training and experience in Positive Psychology including Jungian and Attachment Theory, Dreamwork, Personality Styles (enneagram), DBT, CBT, CPT, Motivational Interviewing, Collaborative Problem Solving, Play Therapy, Creative Therapeutic Expression and Hypnotherapy.  

Our first session is a comprehensive wholistic needs assessment of your wellbeing. Based upon this initial assessment we craft a realistic plan that we are accountable to each other for.  Our plan is alive and flexible to meet on-going needs.  The majority of my sessions are offered through teletherapy. Rarely do clients feel they need to be seen in person to achieve their goals. I maintain limited in office hours.  I have successfully provided teletherapy for 15 of my 25 years in practice. Teletherapy can be surprisingly very effective given the pointed focus this method provides.