• Mood Disorders and Unhappiness
Understanding and addressing dissatisfaction, loss of meaning in career, family, or relationships resulting in sadness, loss of energy, shifting moods, problems concentrating, eating, or sleeping.
• Anxiety and Discomfort
Examining, relieving, and understanding the personal context for symptoms of restlessness, worries, ruminations, physical fatigue, irregular eating or sleeping patterns, irritability or feelings of overwhelming panic.
• Intimacy Concerns
Enhancing positive interaction and closeness, resolving conflict and decreasing distance, overcoming communication obstacles to restore emotional flexibility and sustain a secure relationship with one’s partner.
• Parenting and Family Issues
Resolving family conflict, bringing balance to parent/child roles, child-rearing, community, and school concerns.
• Life Transitions
Confronting and adapting to changes in career, shifts in family and relationships, empty nest, grieving and loss, divorce/separation, and deciding “what’s next”.
• Qualified Referrals
When advisable, I consult and refer to psychiatrists for medication management, psychologists for evaluation and consultation, and medical specialists for client specific needs. My professional affiliations and collegial alliances allow me to maintain a local database of competent and knowledgeable professionals.
