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Additional Information
Specialties or Interests:
Addiction Issues
Anger Management
Co-dependency
Depression
Divorce
Intimacy Issues
Marriage/Couples Issues
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Stress Management
Other Specialties:
ANXIETY,EMOTIONAL GROWTH,COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS incl. SHOPPING AND SPENDING), ALCOHOLISM and 12 STEP CONFLICT, PARENTING,SECOND MARRIAGES, EATING DISORDERS WORKPLACE ISSUES, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, INITMACY,GAY/LESBIAN(IDENTITY AND COMING OUT) SEX ADDICTION, ADOLESCENT ISSUES AND COLLEGE PLANNING, CAREER PLANNING, FAMILY/PARENTING ISSUES,BODY IMAGE ISSUES, COACHING, AND LIFE ENHANCEMENT, WOMENS ISSUES, MENS ISSUES.
Personal Comments:
I am well rounded and a well trained therapist.My training was at Cedars Sinai and theoretically in Self-Psychology when I completed my doctoral work. I have experience in working with all types of patients which allows me to work well in private practice now. Psychotherapy will teach you about the relationship with yourself and allow you to improve your relationships with significant others in your life, your job, and enhance your strengths. Psychotherapy leads to better relationships, solutions to specific life problems, and significant reductions in feelings of distress. It is a journey, and about growth. Just like you go to the gym and focus on the OUTSIDE, you then feel better on the both the inside. Similarly, psychotherapy helps focus on the INSIDE, and thus, allow you to feel better on the inside and allow for the outside to look, feel and function better. Psychotherapy is about having your own place to be, where nobody else exists. It is your space to focus totally on your self, talk about yourself, and learn about yourself.
Professional Title/s:
Clinical Social Worker
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY (Psy.D)
DAPA Diplomate American PSychotherapy Association
Minimum Hourly Fee:
$125 or more
Accepted Insurance
NONE
Other Insurance
I am paid directly by you each session, but I will submiit to you a superinvoice for your insurance company to reimburse you if you have a PPO insurance plan. Most PPO insurance plans will reimburse you a portion of your fee, but I accept only direct payment from the client.
Treatment Modalities
12-Step Programs
Brief Therapy
Eclectic
Family Therapy
Goal-Oriented Therapy
Marriage/Couples Counseling
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychotherapy
Reality Therapy
Substance Abuse Evaluation
Accepting New Patients:
Yes
Years In Practice:
5-15
Licensed in:
California
License:
LCS18370
Degree:
PsyD
Institution:
USC Graduate School of Social Work
Office Information/Hours:
M-F(900am-700pm)
Office is closed on weekends.
Calls are returned M-F during business hours
As a courtesy, the full amount for your appointment is requested as time of session.
As a courtesy, 24 hour cancelation on any scheduled appointment or the full amount is required.
Professional Organizations/ Affiliations:
NASW (NATL ASSOC. OF SOCIAL WORKERS
American Psychotherapy Association
Treatment Age(s):
Adolescents
Adults
Couples
Families
Therapeutic Orientation:
Eclectic
Family/Marital Therapy
Psychodynamic
Other Orientations:
Relationship Counseling,Psychodynamic, Self-Psychological,Addiction Treatment, Consultation,Cognitive, Family Therapy
Gender:
Female
Other Languages:
English
General Comments:
"Nurturance, professional boundaries interpretation, explanation, and understanding defines my clinical style. I believe that the deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated. It is the highest calling to impart this concept to a psychotherapy client. The foundation of my private practice lies in fostering this experience.
In therapy the thwarted need to grow is reactivated. The benign conditions of therapy allow patients to relax their defenses against the need for connections that were denied in childhood. Understanding, interpretation, and safety helps patients see and repair the here-and-now bases for their struggle.
My practice embodies safety in an atmosphere of strength and emotional attunement where a clients subjective experience of "being" in the world changes. Through a non-judgemental search, in the here and now relationship, you and I will begin to shift and shape your perceptions, thoughts, feelings and actions. "
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