RELATIONSHIPS, INTEGRATION, WHOLENESS, JOY
For more than 30 years these have been my goals in helping people through the pain, trauma, and challenges that life inevitably brings. I believe it is how we respond to these universal experiences that shapes who we are and the direction of our lives. Trauma – no matter how it comes – keeps our brain stuck on repetitive responses and unhealthy choices. Change the response, and we change our lives!
Because of the way my brain works, I can’t help but integrate the principles of faith, human behavior, brain functioning, health and biology, and family and organizational systems that I have studied. Using these principles, and helping you understand how your brain works, we can discern the patterns and responses in your life and develop better emotional coping skills so that together we can bring about new choices and power to you.
One unique treatment approach available to you, EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy, can also help your brain get unstuck from the automatic emotional responses that keep us repeating the same behaviors and block us from using new information when we have experienced trauma. This is a simple but powerful psychological exercise we do in the office together to turn on the healing processes that your brain already knows.
RELATIONSHIPS, INTEGRATION, WHOLENESS, JOY
These goals are possible, and my delight is helping people find the hope and courage to pursue them while providing a safe place to confront and overcome the damaging experiences that have kept us stuck.”
I received a BA in Applied Social Science and Psychology from Concordia University, Montreal, and received an MA in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Biola University, California. I am certified in EMDR therapy, Critical Incident Stress Management, and the Amen Method for improving brain functioning. In addition to providing outpatient psychotherapy for over 30 years in private practice, I have experience as Clinical Director for a day treatment center for the chronically mentally ill and their families, and for a faith-based outpatient counseling centre. I have supervised MFT interns for over 25 years and will soon complete my certification as an AAMFT-approved Clinical Supervisor. I love training, teaching, and consulting, and have provided countless educational workshops and coaching to teachers, religious leaders, employers, managers and their organizations.
