Whether a child, adolescent or adult, I'll aim to provide a secure private place to work in depth to understand the sensitive and hidden developmental, behavioral, emotional and/or perceptual needs and difficulties that impact your daily life. Often, disconnections with important others can disrupt life-satisfaction, adaptation, work or learning. Working together we will discover and build practical, relevant strategies, based on fuller understanding of the particular core patterns and troubles. The goal is always meaningful adaptation, lasting change and growth, toward engaging more fully with real world demands and relationships. My 30 years experience and training as a clinician teaches me that emotional and behavioral troubles experienced across the lifespan are fundamental, natural expressions of need. My approach, informed by attachment and recent developmental neuroscience findings, aims at practically and empathically translating these expressions into understanding and action. 22 years private practice as licensed psychologist. Considerable experience working with emotionally troubled youth and adults in a range of settings. Supervisor for licensed clinicians and doctoral level trainees for over ten years. Conducted professional workshops on play therapy. Affiliate faculty, Antioch University Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program.
Qualifications: | Antioch New England Graduate School |
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Academic Suffixes: | PsyD |
Expertise: | Anxiety, Other, Behavioral Issues, Borderline Personality, Child or Adolescent, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Parenting, Self-Harming, Trauma and PTSD |