As a senior behavioral medicine psychologist, I have treated diverse patients from all over the globe who have unique cultural, spiritual, and world perspectives. I am both a general psychologist and I have the specialty of treating insomnia, nightmares and other sleep disorders. I have extensive experience treating anxiety, depression, shame, irritability, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, addictions, and more with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Hypnosis, EMDR, and other therapeutic strategies. 

My therapeutic approach is directive so that you can improve as quickly as possible. I will give you homework assignments, hear how you did the next week, we will fine tune the tools that we previously discussed, and we will add additional tools. The general psychotherapy model of talk therapy can keep patients in therapy for years. Yes I have treated patients for 1, 2, or 3+ years; they typically have extensive trauma concurrent with multiple psychiatric challenges. I currently have long term therapy patients and I’m open to working with additional people who need that type of intense deep work.

My directive approach is to empower you as quickly as possible, to provide enough sessions that your changes are sustainable, and then you will have the tools that you can apply for the rest of your life. After the first few sessions, I will be transparent with the ways I think that you could improve your emotional well-being and quality of life. I’m always here for you for fine tuning or to have a mental health checkup.

Although I am an authority on these topics, I am not authoritative. You are driving the car with your therapeutic goals, and I’m a passenger guiding you. The more energy you put into the therapeutic process, the more that you will get out of it. This is a collaborative approach in which we create your treatment plan together. I use my analytical skills that I acquired from my nuclear And theoretical physicist father, and use my intuition from my mother who was an artist and my maternal grandmother who is an authoress. After 35 years of clinical work, I continue to be excited about helping people heal with that effective combination of skills. I look forward to providing you a consultation in helping you in a similar fashion.

I don’t use diagnoses to put you lower and myself higher (to pathologize people), they simply point us towards our treatment solutions. I understand having psychiatric conditions from my own alphabet soup and family of origin PTSD background, so I clearly understand that we are all human with suffering, and that we have challenges. I do not lead patients into taking care of me because I have my own psychologist, men’s group, and spiritual mentors. I have done extensive therapeutic and spiritual work so that I can be completely present to focus on solutions that improve your quality of life. The tools that we will implement are scientific and have been proven to be effective over decades.