I have been a licensed therapist in private practice since 1991, a certified Hypnotherapist since 1988 and working in the helping professions for over twenty-five years.
Beyond my formal therapeutic training, I am also a Certified Confidence Coach, an EMDR practitioner and a Certified HypnoFertility® (Fertility for Hypnosis) Therapist and Birth by Hypnosis Facilitator at Portland HypnoFertility.
I have had training in The Work of Byron Katie, both practice and teach Meditation and have trained in regression therapy with Dr. Brian Weiss. As well, I am a non-denominationally ordained Minister through The Association For The Integration Of The Whole Person, in California. I also write and am a published author. (See publications page.)
In a private, respectful setting I offer:
* Individual Therapy
* Family Therapy with Adult Children and their Parent(s)
* Personal Development and Life Skills Coaching
* Hypnotherapy for Fertility and Conception—HypnoFertility
* Confidence Coaching
* Consultation
* Meditation Classes
* “Creating Inner Peace” Workshops
* Spiritually-Oriented Counseling
Although I’ve never lived your life, I’ve certainly had my share of challenges, sorrows and unexpected transitions.
Beyond my education and training, the work I’ve done on myself to become happier and healthier is truly what has allowed me to become a competent, successful therapist. My spiritual practice and continually growing reverence for life, and myself, have deeply contributed to this sense of well-being. I bring this as a core foundational piece to my work.
I know how to walk through the twisted woods of life and am grateful to have found a place of deeper self-love, inner quietness and peace.
That doesn’t mean I don’t still experience the full range of human emotions. I do. And sometimes they’re challenging. But I am better and better able to meet the difficult feeling states with care and compassion for myself. I have learned to question and shift away from the thinking that creates depression and distress.
I have a happier, healthier relationship with my own mind—and thus, with everyone else in my life!—so that my thinking has become more a tool than a vehicle that drives me into suffering.
I have had the privilege of studying personally with some remarkable teachers including Marianne Williamson, Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hahn, Steven Levine, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, as well Byron Katie and Dr. Brian Weiss.
It is my deepest pleasure to support people through the challenges and triumphs of their transitions, and help them use their crises as opportunities to grow, heal and become happier. This, to me, is the true definition of Unconditional Love. Love as a state of Being, generated from within, versus dependent on an other to experience.
I welcome you to contact me for a free initial phone consultation.
(503) 684-8481
Serving the greater Portland, Oregon Metro area, including Lake Oswego, West Linn, Sellwood, Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Wilsonville, Sherwood, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, Gresham, Salem, Aloha, and Vancouver and Camas, Washington.
