About My Practice

I have been in private practice for thirty years.  I use psychodynamic psychotherapy to treat individuals and couples as well as intensive psychoanalysis for individuals seeking deep change.  I focus on each individual and their unique challenge. I facilitate change by understanding each person's life history and psychological make-up to create a personal treatment plan.

Life can be very challenging.  We all have difficult times in our relationships, in our work, and with ourselves.  Old issues can reappear during adult transitions.  I offer a warm and professional relationship to assist in the change process.  I like to be practical, including a focus on behavior, as well as understanding the deeper meaning to problems.

Experience & Training

• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training (3 years)
• Adult Psychoanalytic Training (5 years) at San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute-Clinical Emphasis

Over my thirty years in practice, I have studied and dealt with special problems: people from chemically dependent/dysfunctional families (ACA; Co-dependency), eating disorders, sexual abuse, grief, chemical dependency, panic disorder, anxiety, depression, life transitions, creativity blocks, and more.

I am experienced working with people from different sexual orientations.  I understand the many conflicts involved in these matters and try to facilitate an adaptation in your culture, family, and relationships.  I also am experienced with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and focus on your transition that includes working out the conflicts towards a melding of both old and new cultures.

I love psychoanalytic thought and enjoy bringing about change.  I write about different topics and present nationally and internally at conferences.  I have a special interest in envy as it appears in relationships and clinical practice.

I take insurance, but advise that payment for mental health treatment is increasingly more restricted.  I adjust my fee and try to be considerate when setting up a longer-term plan for change.

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Education

• MSW San Diego State University
  
• PHD Psychology Fielding Graduate Institute
  
• Adult Psychoanalysis San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute
  
• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy-SDPSI
  

Professional Affiliations

• San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute
  
• International Federation of Psychoanalytic Education
  
• American Social Work (AAPCSW)
  
• American Psychoanalytic
  

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