I work with adult men and women of all ages, and have developed special interest in three unique populations:

Working Women: Women in the workplace face unique stressors. These stressors make working women of all ages more vulnerable to depression, anxiety, lowered self-esteem, loss of motivation, trauma, and stress-related physical problems. These in turn can disrupt women's personal lives, relationships, and life goals.

Psychotherapy can help the working woman clarify priorities, identify boundary issues, value work-life balance, understand and undertake good self-care practices, build coping skills and uncover strength and resilience.

Early Career Professionals: Adults seeking a college degree at any level face unique pressures, especially in today's changing academic environment. People at different stages of completing a university degree program often feel "stuck" or over-whelmed, causing a loss of motivation. People can lose structure in their lives, constantly doubt their choices, become isolated from others, and experience debilitating anxiety, depression, anger, and physical stress responses.

Psychotherapy can help the early career professional learn to recognize patterns that limit progress, create beneficial structure essential for continually moving forward, identify and connect or re-connect with mentors who can support them in their career aspirations, and develop their long-term goals.

Successful Aging: Individuals of retirement age have wisdom and life-experience that should be an essential part of our culture. In our youth-oriented society however, people of retirement age are often under-valued and ignored. Changing health conditions can complicate the picture. Societal assumptions about aging can hold people back from accomplishing their full potential after retirement. Depression and isolation in later years is not part of "normal" aging.

Psychotherapy can provide people of retirement age with the interpersonal support needed to think differently about aging. Psychotherapy can help people recognize how biases in our culture may be influencing their choices and expectations. Psychotherapy can help clients think more independently, develop their own expectations for their future, clarify meaning in life, and find ways to continue to build and maintain relationships with family and peers.

Thank you for your interest in my background.

Providing psychotherapy for adults is a rare privilege. I hope you reach out with any questions. I am happy to offer a free phone consultation so you can decide whether psychotherapy is right for you at this time in your life.

Many people ask, "what is psychotherapy?" Psychotherapy is a journey of self-discovery through the power of insight. Psychotherapy is led by the client, with guidance from the psychotherapist.

One of the most inspiring experiences in psychotherapy is when a client says, "I didn't know I felt that way." The truth is, we often don't know what we're really feeling or thinking until someone asks, listens carefully, and reflects back what was said.

Through psychotherapy, I help people:

• recognize and better understand feelings, thoughts and actions;

• appreciate the many positive assets and sensitivities that every person has inside;

• discover untapped strength and resilience;

• build the confidence necessary to make different life choices;

• find new ways to live their lives.

My Background:

I completed my doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology in 1990, at New York University in New York City. I have been licensed as a Clinical Psychologist since 1991 and throughout my career, I have used my training in a wide variety of clinical and research settings. As a university professor and researcher for over 30 years, I developed a strong interest in the challenges faced by working women and early career professionals. Now, as a professional of retirement age, I have an additional interest in helping adults of retirement age achieve successful aging.