About Me

As a licensed Marriage & Family therapist, I help unhappy, stressed people whose lives, relationships, or health drain their energy and rob their hearts and souls of the joy they want and deserve. As a result of working with my approach, individuals, couples and families improve their lives, relationships, and emotional health. I have a USC doctorate and 30 years experience helping people decrease stress and improve their life quality and relationships. I am expert in Emotional Intelligence and relationship skills.

My Experience

Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology / Existential Psychotherapy from USC (1985)

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (since 1976)

Trained with some of the best in the fields of relationships, emotional intelligence, neurobiology, trauma, humanistic psychology, mind/body psychotherapy, Buddhist/mindfulness meditation, and other leading edge areas

Co-author of The Language of Emotional Intelligence (tools for relationships)

Co-author of The Heroic Journey (Adolescent Rite of Passage Program)

Mental Health Editor of the award-winning website, www.helpguide.org (wrote/edited more than 60 mental health articles)

Several teaching credentials

Many years of experience with learners of all ages (infants to adults)