Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
For more than thirty years, I have offered a blend of both in-depth and practical psychotherapy for adult individuals and couples in my clinical practice near the University of California, Berkeley campus. My style is relational, reflective, and directive.
I specialize in anxiety, depression (which shows itself in many ways), communication skills, life crises and transitions, as well as self-exploration and present-day dilemmas. I see clients on a short-term or a longer-term basis. Couples' therapy extends to working with siblings, parent/adult children, co-custody parents, and friends. I am also consultant and supervisor to other psychotherapists.
| As a therapist I take into consideration the larger social setting that goes beyond one's family history. This view includes a client's class background, age, race, ethnicity, culture(s), gender orientation, gender expression, physical disabilities (hidden or otherwise) and status as a single or coupled person.
In 1977 I co-founded the highly regarded Russell House Psychotherapy Institute (www.psychotherapyberkeley.com), a provider of psychotherapy services, continuing education, consultation, referrals, and speakers bureau services. I am currently on the faculty of the Women's Therapy Center in El Cerrito, California (www.womenstherapy.org), where I supervise psychotherapy interns and teach case consultation. |
Even after being in the field for so long, I am still deeply engaged with and committed to my work. Each person or couple presents a new set of experiences: there isn't a cookie-cutter model. Once the work begins, collaboration is likely to remain fresh and stimulating, whether clients are here for only a short time, or whether they decide on a longer treatment plan.
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B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A. University of San Francisco, Lone Mountain College
L.M.F.T. California Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure (1975)
RUSSELL HOUSE opens its doors (1977)
WOMEN'S THERAPY CENTER (Faculty Member since 2004)