While a person can feel better after a good talk with a friend or relative, for moderate or severe emotional distress, this relief can be only temporary. Talking with a trained listener helps alleviate emotional distress and understand the possible complexity of those feelings. As a therapist, I have been trained to listen and interact in a way that helps you get to the very root of your emotional concerns. I offer you an opportunity to face your difficulties constructively and confidently; freeing you to enjoy all the good things life has to offer.
Depression, anxiety, marital conflict with specialization in sex therapy including male or female sexual dysfunction, teenage depression and anxiety, men’s stress, parents adjusting living to with their adult children, chronic pain, death and dying issues, family conflict, and acculturation and immigration are a few amongst other issues I am seeing in my practice. I use the method of the Gottman Institute as well as Emotional Focused Therapy to help couples resolve their issues in a constructive manner and understand their emotional needs in the context of a marriage. I am a Certified Sex Therapy through AASECT and I am also trained in EMDR for treatment of PTSD and specific traumas and phobias.
I have been successful in providing great care as a therapist in Camarillo. I counsel and help families of high school students with multiple issues of teen drug prevention, academic issues and adjustment to life changes. I love working with individauls from all ages, couples, teens and young children. I like integrating family therapy in the context of individual therapy to help individuals understand their issues through a family system.