I am unable to accept new clients at this time.
Former clients and former students are always welcome to call.

Individual counseling in an affirmative and multicultural environment.
I work with adults of many ages, and have over 20 years of experience in providing Counseling in Arcata.
My approach to Counseling is individually based, unique to each client.
I practice treatment from a primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy perspective, with Neuro-Psychology, Mindfulness and Trauma Informed Techniques, including Somatic Understanding and Climate Aware Therapy.
Working with Interpersonal Neuro-Biology and increased body awareness, clients learn how thinking and feeling works for them. Clients will learn when and how to self-regulate both brain & body responses to stressors, including self care.

Learn to manage Anxiety & Stress via development of healthy Personal Boundaries & Self-Care techniques:
*Healthy communication & coping strategies for self-management
*Adjusting to change & life events (new job, move, death; climate change)
*Managing workplace Stress & Career concerns, including Retirement
*Negotiating Relationship stress: Friends, Family, Love and Sexual relationships
*Learn to identify and label Gaslighting and other abusive interpersonal experiences
*Identity Development: Gender, Sexual, Ethnic, Aging: "Who am I right now?"
*Negotiating a Changing World: Climate Change Distress & Grief is real and normal
*Concussion/TBI & Impacts (pun intended): Traumatic Brain Injury/Post Concussion Syndrome is real, not "over"

Work with Traumatic Events of Past & Present:
Understand and recognize the impacts of physical injuries and "adaptive" living.
Recognizing and understanding sexual molest, abuse or assault and long-term outcomes.
Develop skills for self care, including emotional management: Manage yourself, not others!

The goal is to develop skills for a happier and healthier you!