I am a psychologist in Bellevue, Washington with over 20 years experience as a therapist. This website has information about my practice, my specialties, and my philosophy about therapy. Feel free to call me and ask if there are other things you would like to know about my practice. Psychotherapy is a powerful method for changing and improving your life.
It can be difficult, but it is rewarding, and typically leads to a deeper understanding of yourself, and a clearer sense of how to make choices that will lead to contentment, satisfaction, and joy. As a therapist, I work with people on a wide variety of issues. Often people come to therapy to work on their closest relationships, both family relationships and romantic relationships.
Depression and anxiety are two common expressions of the difficulties of life. They are tied to our biology, and also tied to hardships, and losses and fears, and to the way that we make sense out of everything that happens to us. I also work with people dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction, including helping people rebuild their lives and repair their relationships after they have gotten an addiction under control.
It can be difficult, but it is rewarding, and typically leads to a deeper understanding of yourself, and a clearer sense of how to make choices that will lead to contentment, satisfaction, and joy. As a therapist, I work with people on a wide variety of issues. Often people come to therapy to work on their closest relationships, both family relationships and romantic relationships.
Depression and anxiety are two common expressions of the difficulties of life. They are tied to our biology, and also tied to hardships, and losses and fears, and to the way that we make sense out of everything that happens to us. I also work with people dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction, including helping people rebuild their lives and repair their relationships after they have gotten an addiction under control.
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Individual therapy is a process of understanding yourself and the workings of your life in order to make changes that will make your life better.
Therapy is about feeling better.
That means feeling happier and more satisfied with all the important parts of your life.
It includes both the external parts of your life, such as your relationships with loved ones, your work, and your life situation.
It also includes the internal parts of your life, such as how you feel about yourself, what you find meaningful, and any areas of emotional pain that you may be trying to overcome.
Therapy is about feeling better.
That means feeling happier and more satisfied with all the important parts of your life.
It includes both the external parts of your life, such as your relationships with loved ones, your work, and your life situation.
It also includes the internal parts of your life, such as how you feel about yourself, what you find meaningful, and any areas of emotional pain that you may be trying to overcome.
Much of our deepest joy and fulfillment comes from love and closeness and human connection.
Our family relationships, our romantic relationships, and our closest friendships are, for many of us, the most profound and powerful experiences of our lives.
Humans are strongly wired to seek love and attachment.
Because we feel so strongly about love and closeness, it can be terribly painful when these things go wrong.
Because the pain of loss or the pain of betrayal can be so intense, human relationships can feel like an area in which the stakes are high, and we have far less control than we would like to have.
Our family relationships, our romantic relationships, and our closest friendships are, for many of us, the most profound and powerful experiences of our lives.
Humans are strongly wired to seek love and attachment.
Because we feel so strongly about love and closeness, it can be terribly painful when these things go wrong.
Because the pain of loss or the pain of betrayal can be so intense, human relationships can feel like an area in which the stakes are high, and we have far less control than we would like to have.
Depression is a deep and lasting sadness, a sadness that seems to take on a life of its own.
It is both psychological and biological.
It is clear that some people are more biologically prone to depression than others.
The psychological side of depression is tied to all of the emotionally important aspects of your life.
Even someone who is not all that prone to depression can get depressed during really difficult circumstances.
In that case, therapy might focus on how to get through stressful times, how to adjust to new challenges, and perhaps how to deal with painful losses.
It is both psychological and biological.
It is clear that some people are more biologically prone to depression than others.
The psychological side of depression is tied to all of the emotionally important aspects of your life.
Even someone who is not all that prone to depression can get depressed during really difficult circumstances.
In that case, therapy might focus on how to get through stressful times, how to adjust to new challenges, and perhaps how to deal with painful losses.
Anxiety is an area in which our human imagination is often torturing us.
Unlike other animals, humans spend a great deal of time thinking about and imagining things which aren't actually happening.
Our minds believe they are keeping us safe by imagining things which might go wrong.
The idea is that by imagining these things, we can take steps to prevent them.
The problem is, for many of us, our minds get stuck in this mode, imaginging bad things happening, and then imagining how we can prevent them.
Unlike other animals, humans spend a great deal of time thinking about and imagining things which aren't actually happening.
Our minds believe they are keeping us safe by imagining things which might go wrong.
The idea is that by imagining these things, we can take steps to prevent them.
The problem is, for many of us, our minds get stuck in this mode, imaginging bad things happening, and then imagining how we can prevent them.
When people come to therapy to address alcohol or drug problems, there are typically two very important and distinct parts to the project.
The first part involves changing the pattern of substance use, either by striving for abstinence, or by shifting toward truly healthy moderation.
The second part of the project involves repairing one's life and one's relationships once the substance use itself is under control.
Dealing with an alcohol or drug problem can be complicated and quite challenging.
The first part involves changing the pattern of substance use, either by striving for abstinence, or by shifting toward truly healthy moderation.
The second part of the project involves repairing one's life and one's relationships once the substance use itself is under control.
Dealing with an alcohol or drug problem can be complicated and quite challenging.
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