I work with individuals, couples, and families in a supportive manner and tailor therapy to each client's unique needs and goals. I have 18 years' experience in private practice offering both short-term, solution-focused therapy as well as longer-term, in-depth psychotherapy. My areas of specialization include helping clients:
 

1. Create nurturing intimate relationships
2. Overcome self-defeating patterns
3. Cope with the legacy of a narcissistic upbringing 
4. Enhance creativity and well-being
5. Cope with difficult people
6. Negotiate transitions and setbacks in relationships, career, finances, health, or emotional life

Author

• Secrets You Keep From Yourself: How to Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness (2004) St. Martin's Press
• If You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace With Your Past and Take Your Place in the World (1998) HarperCollins Publishers

Education

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1992, California School of Professional Psychology
• Masters in Clinical Psychology, 1988, John F. Kennedy University
• Masters in Journalism, 1978, Northwestern University
• Bachelors in History and Political Science, 1975, Duke University

Memberships

• Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• Clinical Member, California Division, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• Clinical Member, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
• Clinical Member, Marin County Chapter, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists