Presenting Concerns​

As a trauma and embodiment specialist, I believe that many concerns for which clients are seeking therapy are symptoms of deeper neurobiological, developmental, relational, and socio-cultural issues and adversities that, over time, have fostered and reinforced one another and are now manifesting as relationship concerns, mood and anxiety issues, addiction, eating disorders, and other trauma responses and patterns. I help you get to the root cause of your presenting concerns, which allows you to access both symptoms and origins in your therapeutic journey, and to attain deeper and more permanent healing. 

Below is a list of issues and concerns with which I have clinical experience and for which I provide therapeutic care through individual, couples, and family counseling. Many of these concerns are often interrelated, thus I take a process-oriented, integrative approach rooted in humanism, honoring who you are as a whole person. I integrate body-centered psychotherapy, gestalt therapy, mindfulness, and other modalities to help you attain your highest potential.

I currently work with individuals, couples, and families, offering services both in person and virtually (by phone or confidential video). Please contact me for more information.

Relationships, Family, & Community

• Unresolved Childhood Issues
• Attachment, Codependency, & Relational Patterns
• Trust & Betrayal
• Neglect, Abandonment, Rejection, & Isolation
• Intergenerational Trauma & Healing
  
• Relational Boundary-Setting
• Parenting & Child Development
• Desire, Intimacy, & Sexual Well-Being
• Premarital Counseling
• Commitment & Marriage
• ​Couples Therapy Intensive
• Infidelity
• Separation & Divorce
• Social Isolation / Dislocation
• ​Loss of Community Connection

Trauma & Post-traumatic Stress

• Physical / Emotional / Sexual Abuse
• Developmental / Complex Trauma​
• Intergenerational Trauma
• Religious / Spiritual Trauma
• ​Racial trauma
• ​Single Incident / Shock Trauma
• War & Combat
• Violence, Assault, Torture, & Ritual Abuse
• Guilt & Shame
• Flashbacks & Nightmares
• Traumatic Injury
• Chronic Pain
• Vicarious / Secondary Trauma
• Dissociative Disorders
• PTSD & Other Stressor-Related Disorders​​
• Somatic Symptom & Related Disorders

Loss & Grief / Bereavement

• Numbness, Bitterness, & Detachment​
• Anticipatory Grief
• Complicated or Traumatic Grief
• ​Survivor Guilt
• Absent, Inhibited, or Disenfranchised Grief
• Uncomplicated Grief
• Sudden Loss / Death
• Ambiguous Loss / Death​
• Continuing Bonds

Mood, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disturbances

• Anger & Rage
• Bipolar & Related Disorders
• Depressive Disorders
• Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, & Fear
• Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders

Behavioral / Process Addictions & Dependencies

• Food
• ​Work
• Shopping
• Sex & Love
• Social Media

Eating Disorders & Body Image

• Avoidant / Restrictive Food Intake
• Anorexia Nervosa
  
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating
• Body Image

Identity, Meaning of Life, & Spirituality

• Self-Image, Self-Confidence, & Self-Esteem
• Oppression, Discrimination, & Marginalization
• Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
• Loneliness & Loss of Sense of Self
• Meaning of Life & Purpose
• Fear of Maturing / Aging / Dying
• ​Identity Reintegration / Reconstruction
• Creative Blocks
• Spiritual & Religious Exploration

Mental Health & Wellness

• Creativity & Imagination
• Embodied Presence
• Hope, Resilience, & Transcendence
• Playfulness & Humor
• Self-Care & Well-Being
• Self-Actualization
• ​Self-Integration
• ​Self-Transcendence

NOTE: I also provide training and consultation services to professional individuals and organizations. Please visit my 
Consultation & Training page for more information.