Hello and welcome

I’m glad you have navigated to my site in your search for the right therapist.

I want to help you make that important decision by being as open as I can be about myself and how I work.

My Approach

People come to me for many reasons having to do with their work, personal growth and relationships. Relational issues often arise from difficulties stemming from childhood, but I do not believe in making our parents wrong or bad. It is often the case, however, that there are unresolved issues from the past that keep repeating and interfering in our current partnerships and our relationship with ourselves, and quite often these patterns are unconscious. 

“When one is able to think about and understand how these experiences are intruding on our desire for happiness and stability we can begin to work on changing negative or destructive patterns.”

The answers to relieving pain are often found in learning to make small, yet important changes in how we relate to ourselves and to others.  It can also be finding emotional support during a time of grief after a loss.For some, the need is for longer-term Psychoanalysis or Psychodynamic therapy and the deep inner healingand change it can make possible. Each person’s needs are unique, and I try to find what works for the individual or couple.

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Areas of Focus

  • High conflict couples
  • Difficulty with marital communication
  • Affairs
  • Depression, Anxiety, Stress
  • Trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • A critical inner voice/ self-sabotage
  • Grief and Loss
  • Spiritual conflict
  • Sexuality

My Credentials

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT), and a certified psychoanalyst practicing in Newport Beach, CA.​ I am also a Training and Supervising analyst on faculty at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute, which means that I train other therapists and psychoanalysts.  My experience and expertise are in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Couples Therapy, and Trauma Recovery.

If you would like to talk more about my approach to psychotherapy, the next step would be to set up a call or a visit to my office.

You can ask questions and talk about what you want to work on.  If we seem like a good fit, then we would find a time to meet regularly. I offer both in-person and remote sessions. Please feel free to call me at (949) 257-7178 and leave a message on my confidential voicemail.