I am a licensed psychologist and marriage & family therapist and have been in practice in Sonoma and Marin counties for over 20 years. My work involves helping people become more self-aware and more able to tolerate and manage strong feelings, resolve painful conflicts, strengthen relationships, manage life transitions, grieve losses - and, ultimately, to become more able to experience meaning and fulfillment in life.

I work in a longer-term mode suitable for self exploration and personal growth as well as for addressing deeply rooted problems, and also in a shorter-term mode suitable for time-limited problem solving.

My approach is influenced by a number of schools of thought: relational psychoanalytic, Jungian, existential-humanistic, family systems, cognitive-behavioral, Buddhist psychology, and the Japanese Morita and Naikan therapies.

I received my master's degree from Antioch University and my doctorate from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. I'm a member of the American Psychological Association, the California Psychological Association and its Sonoma and Marin County chapters, the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists, the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association, the ToDo Institute: Japanese Morita & Naikan Therapies, the European Association for Psychotherapy, the International Association for Jungian Studies, the International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias & Other Psychoses, and Bay Area Therapists Specializing in Adolescents.
Services
Adult and Adolescent Diagnostic Assessment
Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Adult and Adolescent Sand Tray Therapy
Dream Work
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Child Diagnostic Assessment
Child Play Therapy
Sand Play Therapy
Parent Consultation
Professional Consultation
Areas of Expertise
Adjustment Problems
Anxiety Disorders
Childhood Problems: Attachment, Adjustment, Attention, Behavior, Development, Learning, Mood
Elder Issues
End of Life Issues
Family Problems
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Issues
Health-Related Issues
Infant-Parent Problems
Mood Disorders
Parenting Problems
Problematic Personality Styles
Phase of Life Problems
Relationship Issues
Sexual Dysfunction
Sleep Disorders
Trauma-Related Disorders

Office Information:

Please call if you have any questions about my practice or would like to make an appointment to see me. Before meeting in person, we'll speak over the phone to determine whether I offer the service you are seeking and to see if I have an appointment time available that fits with your schedule.


In order to provide maximum privacy and autonomy, my practice is fee-for-service. I do not accept insurance, though out-of-plan reimbursement may be available in some cases.