What do you view as a key component of the therapeutic relationship?
The mutual commitment to the process. Recognize that things may get worse, as you accept awareness of your obstacles and work to overcome them, before they get easier. When you feel like you want to reschedule or cancel, that is when you need to stay the course.
Specialties
Loss/Grief
Grief is a reaction to an emotionally significant loss and often comes with symptoms of depression or anxiety. These symptoms can remain intense and last for a long time after a loss, making it difficult to move forward with a healthy lifestyle.
Caregiver stress & support
Caring for a friend or family member (paid or unpaid) includes emotional support, housework, help with finances, medication management, and shopping. Can be stressful, making caregivers more vulnerable to things like anxiety, isolation, and fatigue.
Chronic illness
Persisting health conditions causing significant barriers to daily functioning as well as discrepancies in how society responds to disabilities. Can impact people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and lead to feelings of isolation, uncertainty, and helplessness.
Developmental disorders
Diverse collection of long-term conditions that begin in early childhood. Impact a child’s ability to participate socially and academically, leading to difficulty communicating, behaving, moving around, and reaching other developmental milestones.
General Expertise
Depression
Depression often causes people to feel sad, empty, or hopeless, and can cause a lack of interest in life. It can also affect a person's thinking patterns and physical health.
Anxiety
Anxiety can mean nervousness, worry, or self-doubt. Anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that entails excessive, repeated bouts of worry, anxiety, and/or fear.
Careers
Designed to help people choose, change, or leave a career at any stage of life. Careers are often wrapped up in people’s perceived identity, therefore, any change can cause anxiety and/or depression.
Work Stress
Workplace issues are a common source of stress and can include interpersonal conflict, communication problems, gossip, harassment, discrimination, low motivation and job satisfaction, performance issues, and poor job fit.
Relationship Issues
Refers relationship issues with a partner or spouse. Can include issues related to relationship distress, relationship satisfaction, communication, intimacy, etc.
Fees
$165
First Session
$165
Family Therapy
$165
Couples Therapy
$165
Individual Therapy
Types of Therapy
Family Session
Couples Session
Individual Session
Clientele
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (25-65)
Seniors (65+)
Treatment Approaches / Modalities
Coaching
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Training / Certifications
Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager (C-ASWCM)
Licensure
CA, LCSW, 23654
Education
Master's Degree in Social Work
Work History
We have all experienced times in our lives when we have felt blocked or stuck, overwhelmed with persistent sadness or anger, relentless worries about our past, present or future. You are here as you recognize you are at a place where you need to reach out for assistance. At all stages of life, my goal is to help you remove obstacles, reimagine your life, and strive to be your best self. We all need short and long term plans to live life intentionally. It often takes a third party to help us look at our individual circumstances objectively. We can all benefit from having someone on whom we can rely - at moment’s notice - to step in and provide guidance when the landscape of our lives changes. Though things may look different from what you had envisioned, you can still achieve the best version of yourself, at any age or life stage, with someone providing you or your loved ones with the appropriate direction. Committing to starting on a path to a healthier, safer, and more fulfilling lifestyle is just that – a commitment, a choice. Together, we will pave a better path forward.
Location
5663 Balboa Ave, #115, San Diego, 92111, CA