There sometimes comes a season in life when an individual, couple or family experience a “stuck point”. In times like these it helps to know that you are not alone and you do have choices. One choice is to enlist the help of a caring professional to work with you in establishing therapeutic goals to help you move through such difficult times with confidence. I bring 30 + years of experience in providing therapeutic interventions using: Family Systems Therapy, Marriage Therapy, and a variety of individual therapeutic strategies with adults to assist you in finding answers that make sense to you.
My training and experience includes several types of trauma resolution modalities i.e. EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy and a certification in Brainspotting . Clients address a wide range of issues from trauma related events including childhood trauma, family of origin issues, sexual abuse, crime, accidents, and traumatic natural events.
I am from upstate New York, graduated from Syracuse University, and began my career in Binghamton, N.Y. My move to Florida was facilitated largely by the blizzard of 1993 and I continue to appreciate the warmth of the climate and the people here in Jacksonville.
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms.
Accelerated resolution therapy, or ART, is a type of therapy that combines principles from several traditional forms of psychotherapy to reduce the effect of trauma and other psychological stressors.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.
Domestic abuse, also called “domestic violence” or “intimate partner violence”, can be defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.
Sexual abuse is engaging in sexual contact with a person who is below a specified age, who is incapable of giving consent, and/or using corrosion or physical force.
Intentional bodily injury which may include, and not limited to, slapping, punching, unwanted tickling, pinching, kicking, choking, shoving, throwing, using physical restraint, scalding/burning, suffocation, and others.
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