I work very effectively with clients who seek active engagement with their problems. I bring a great deal of empathy and warmth to my work and I also know how/when to push my clients gently forward so real change can take place.

Once I understand how you see your problems and what you've already tried to address them, I'll draw on a range of techniques (traditional talk therapy, EMDR, action-incorporating Psychodrama, cognitive-behavioral intervention, goal-oriented coaching, mindfulness and creative arts approaches) to create a process uniquely suited to your strengths and struggles. We'll work together until you achieve your goals.

My specialty is using action methods, especially to address trauma. I studied extensively at the Ackerman Family and Psychodrama Training Institutes and this shaped my Systems orientation. My unique approach incorporates role-playing and meditation/mind-body awareness techniques to help clients develop emotional intelligence, foster self-awareness and understanding and achieve real behavioral change.  These techniques are also powerful in the context of GROUP THERAPY, another specialty I've developed ever since being a Groupwork Major at the Hunter Social Work School.

More recently, my continuing studies have led me to become knowledgeable about EMDR (aka Eye Movement De-Sensitization Reprocessing) and Body Work techniques that are especially useful in treating people who suffer from PTSD and CPTSD, as well as chronic physical pain that have not responded to other treatments.

As Neurobiology as a field develops, new insights are emerging (and old insights are being taken more seriously) as to how some symptoms of physical and mental illness may be related to early trauma and/or misfiring signals from the brain (rather than from a physical problem in the body per se). Our increasing understanding of the neuroplasticity of our brains and the delicate interconnection of mind and body, gives hope to many who have found other treatments unsuccessful. I have experience working with clients who struggle with chronic pain and illness using not only EMDR and Bodywork, but also Pain Reprocessing techniques. Through mindfulness and new skills development, people often find relief and new ways to cope.

My life experience is varied and includes contact with people from the most disadvantaged to the most privileged spheres of our society.  It's very important to me to treat my clients with tremendous respect.  I will never pretend that I know you better than you know yourself.  What I can offer is knowledge, experience and the ability to engage you in a process through which you will gain insight into yourself.  I can help you learn to appreciate your strengths, discover and develop new capacities and rid yourself of old beliefs and habits that may no longer be serving your best interests.