Sometimes life presents us with challenges that can inhibit our ability to be more fully connected with ourselves, others, and the world around us. We may fear letting go of that which hinders us, especially when these hindrances have become familiar touchstones that provide a sense of history and meaning in our lives, as well as a sense of who we know ourselves to be.

My focus is on psychotherapy as a process in which two people (patient and therapist) come together and mutually collaborate on developing more effective strategies and new understandings for dealing with the patient's experience. The purpose of working in this way is to increase the possibilities for well-being and lessen the burden of anxiety, depression, or whatever ails a person.

It is not so much "technique" that I rely upon as a psychotherapeutic tool. Rather, it is the relationship between the patient and myself and what arises from this contact: an awareness of the healing that may be required and the ways in which this healing may come about. Healing, therefore, follows from the empathic bond forged between the patient and myself as we explore the patient's inner world as this world interfaces with the external one.

In the spirit of helping the patient cultivate a greater connection with oneself, therapy involves working through challenges that continue to enslave the individual in behavioral or thought patterns that keep the person from being able to move through life feeling unencumbered and free. Together in therapy, we identify challenges life presents and discover ways to work with these so that they can become teachers illuminating the way to a brighter, more prosperous future.