WHAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON THAT COUPLES AND INDIVIDUALS SEEK PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING?  To increase one’s sense of well-being with a trained individual who listens, interacts, and guides you through the process in a safe, comfortable, and non-judgmental environment.  The term “Psychotherapy” is defined on Wikipedia as “the relief of distress or disability in one person by another,” and the etymology integrates spirit or soul (psyche) with care and cure (therapy).  When couples and individuals enter a therapeutic relationship in a confidential comfort zone, thoughts, concerns, and feelings are easily disclosed, and psychotherapy becomes active and alive.  This is one example of understanding the term Creating Harmony:  generating peace and rapport between therapist and client, and designing treatment plans with the integration of artistic and scientific effectiveness.  This is my modus operandi.

WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE! In addition to being a licensed clinical psychologist, I am a classical pianist.  I integrate my artistic sensibility with the science of psychology, which effectively engages individuals and couples in directing them toward their goals.

A MAJOR GOAL IN THERAPY is to identify your life obstacles, examine the emotional patterns that affect your thinking and behavior, and explore the neurological blueprints, or conditioned responses, that keep you stifled.  Whatever we focus on manifests as reality, although often the area of focus is unconscious.  By facilitating the unconscious mind to become conscious, we enhance our ability to understand our thinking and feelings, and subsequently introduce new choices in our lives.

I HAVE A SPECIALTY IN COUPLES COUNSELING, including married couples, unmarried couples, straight partners, gay partners, and spouses in a gay/straight marriage, professionally identified as “mixed-orientation relationships” (view the Services & Specialties link).  I obtained Advanced Level Training in working with couples at the Gottman Institute in Seattle, Washington.

OTHER AREAS OF TREATMENT include depression, anxiety, adoption, body dysmorphic disorder, and sexual identity.  I also facilitate an Abandonment Recovery Group for individuals with abandonment issues (view the interview on the Services & Specialties link).  In addition, Psychological Assessments are provided.

IF YOU ARE A COUPLE OR INDIVIDUAL IN THE DALLAS, TX AREA struggling with issues of depression, anxiety, abandonment, body dysmorphic disorder, sexual identity/orientation, or are married couples, unmarried couples, straight partners, gay or lesbian partners, or in a gay/straight marriage (professionally called mixed-orientation marriage), please click on the Contact link to send an email and access my phone number.

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