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About Me

I am a psychotherapist practicing in Los Angeles CA. I provide adults and adolescents individual and couples therapy. I combine art therapy and EMDR with traditional "talk" therapy to help people with anxiety, depression, career and relationship challenges, and issues surrounding parenting.

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United States, Los Angeles, CA
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  • A comment on Conversation: What is your greatest passion and how have you been able to develop and sustain it?

    Sep 1 2011: Many psychotherapists, particularly those informed by psychodynamic or psychoanalytical theories use the term "baby self" to reference a younger part of a person's psychological makeup. These theories, as do I, subscribe to the belief that an adult is comprised of all the experiences they had from ages 0-present. It is believed by some, that the implicit and explicit memory holds these younger experiences and they remain active in us as we go about our adult activities. We are not always aware that they are guiding us, but many times that is the case.

  • A comment on Conversation: What is your greatest passion and how have you been able to develop and sustain it?

    Aug 31 2011: My greatest passion is simultaneously about self improvement and the betterment of others. I am passionate about understanding my own inner world and "baby" experiences as well as helping other people understand theirs. As a psychotherapist I strongly believe these two worlds are interwoven, and if I dont do my inner work I can not help others combat the anxiety and depression so prevelant within our society. I am dedicated to this, not just for a few years, but as a way of life. For myself and for my clients. I believe strongly that if each individual can understand their inner world and hold onto their "baby" selves, that society as a whole will benefit. This is especially true of my speciality, the Psychology of Parenting. Helping parents feel more balanced and integrated will in turn help them raise children who are more attached and thus less likely to experience anxiety and depression themselves. Happier parents mean happier children, and happy families mean a happy community.

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