
Owner in Private Practice
Greater Los Angeles Area

Owner in Private Practice
Greater Los Angeles Area
I specialize in helping individuals & couples learn how to work together by reducing conflict and increasing positive interactions amongst one another. I support people in their quest to grow and change from where they are now to what they see themselves as in the future. You know how people may express feeling "lost" or "stuck?" Well, I work with people to help them access their abilities to feel "free" and "productive." If you are the type of person who is dealing with such feelings within your own relationships, I am the kind of therapist who will provide you with a path to finding your own successes.
Pre-marital & marital counseling; Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender populations; The Deaf culture (I am fluent in American Sign Language); Grief/Loss issues, Depression and Parenting issues.
(Mental Health Care industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
I provide psychotherapy services to adults and couples who are trying to manage the stress in their lives and work towards achieving positive relationships. Maybe you've been dealing with your problems for several years. You may have even had thoughts of separation or divorce. Even if your partner isn't ready for counseling, individual counseling can bring about much needed changes. Therapy helps you to see past the problem and work towards a solution.
(Mental Health Care industry)
April 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 3 months)
A consulting business providing motivated clinicians resources and tools to build and market a successful private practice.
(Mental Health Care industry)
2006 — 2009 (3 years )
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years )
(Government Agency; Mental Health Care industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
Therapist and case manager to mentally ill, indigent clients. I assisted clients with home placements, linking them to outside county resources, provided therapy and facilitated linkages to thir psychiatrists. I also served on the Psychiatric Evaluation Team, to assess clients who were in imminent danger of harming themselves or others as well as clients who could not care for themselves due to a mental disability.
(Mental Health Care industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
July 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 10 months)
Provided counseling to individuals, couples and families as well as lead groups for parenting skills, at-risk teens and grief & loss issues. Trained MFT trainees in the school setting to provide therapy to adolescents.
M.S. , Counseling , 1997 — 2000
B.A. , Deaf Studies , 1988 — 1992
California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT),
Orange County Chapter - California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (OC-CAMFT),
CSU Fullerton Counseling Alumni Association,
PsychologyToday.com, Alpha Chi Omega, ScubaBoard.com