I am a California and Idaho licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I have been working with clients in my Lafayette practice since 2001. In 2021, I added the Treasure Valley (Meridian, ID) to my service area. Currently, all services occur via tele-health. I have fifteen years of employment with Kaiser Permanente's mental health triage unit as a licensed therapist.
I have also worked for a number of community agencies, including Pacific Center for Human Growth (Berkeley), Discovery Counseling Center (Danville), New Connections (Concord), and Contra Costa County Mental Health. I work with a wide variety of clients and adjust my style to suit each client's needs and issues.
I have also worked for a number of community agencies, including Pacific Center for Human Growth (Berkeley), Discovery Counseling Center (Danville), New Connections (Concord), and Contra Costa County Mental Health. I work with a wide variety of clients and adjust my style to suit each client's needs and issues.
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If you have never been in therapy, the process may seem daunting or even scary. Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to make the phone call or send the email to begin the experience. There is nothing mysterious or magical about psychotherapy. People enter therapy for a variety of reasons, but usually it stems from something not seeming right or the feeling that something is missing in their lives.
The adolescent years can be very challenging for adults and teens alike. Teens are focused on figuring out who they are and how they fit into the world. This process often involves risky behaviors and the desire to pull away from parents and family. This dynamic can cause considerable conflict and upheaval.
Adults enter therapy for a variety of reasons. There are many different theoretical orientations within the field of psychology, and I adjust my lens to each client's presenting issue and goals. Sometimes, therapy can be short-term and brief. Therapy might focus on a single issue, such as working through grief and loss or learning specific tools to manage stress, depression or anxiety.
Relationships can be challenging, and couples often need help navigating difficulties. I work with couples on improving their relationship, whether they are dealing with communication issues or more complicated dynamics such as infidelity. Couples therapy focuses on the current difficulties that partners are experiencing, as well as the ways in which couples are caring for or nurturing one another.
It's called the "Golden Years", but often the experience is anything but that for those entering this stage of life. Seniors can be faced with many challenges such as health issues, relationship changes, grief and loss, financial problems, and loss of independence. This final transitional period can be difficult to navigate alone and depression is common among older people.
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