My Approach
I believe that symptoms are like guideposts, signaling opportunities for growth. Expressed as anxiety, depression or even chronic pain, these unwelcome experiences actually show us where to begin the work of bringing life back into balance.
My clients are often outwardly successful people who seem to be traversing their busy lives with ease, while secretly they struggle with issues like chronic pain, anxiety, depression or disconnection from self and others. I work within a mind-body framework to I work within a mind-body framework to uncover and heal the root causes of a client's symptoms so that they can experience lasting relief.
Areas of Focus
Chronic Pain
I enjoy helping clients heal from chronic pain because I lived with debilitating chronic pain for years. After exhausting traditional medical and alternative healing models, I finally found Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)* which completely eliminated my pain.
Teaching clients how to break the cycle of chronic pain and cheering them on as they get their lives back is a life-affirming process for both client and clinician. Some chronic pain conditions I treat include, but are not limited to, tension headaches, back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Anxiety and Depression
I believe that the symptoms of anxiety or depression show up to alert us that something’s out of balance. Using a mind-body based approach, I offer treatment that addresses the root causes of these symptoms so that relief happens quickly and endures over time.
Life Transitions
Living a life involves periods of feeling fully alive, fully stuck and everywhere in between. I believe the stuck periods come with an invitation to grow larger, deeper or to do something wholly different. Whether in relationship, work, or a creative expression, I enjoy working with clients to help them find and follow the slender threads that lead toward enlargement and fully realized purpose.
In addition to my work as a psychotherapist, I am also a writer and author of several books including, Forty Beads, The Simple Sexy Secret for Transforming Your Marriage (Running Press, 2011) which offers solutions for couples around the power struggle that often emerges around sex in a marriage. The following are some media outlets that have featured my work:
