Psychotherapy. In-person. In Wallingford
I help individuals and families who are motivated to change patterns and behaviors but who are frustrated, unsure where to turn and stuck.
I completed my predoctoral internship on the Outpatient Counseling Clinic at Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services, a large community mental health agency in Los Angeles CA. During this year I worked with a chronically underserved population. In addition to providing between one and three individual psychotherapy session per week with child, adolescent and young adults I had weekly “colateral“ sessions with the individuals parent(s)/caregiver(s) to help deepen the adult’s understanding of their child/adolescent’s emotional and psychological life, increase their confidence as parents, and strengthen their relationship with their child.
In addition, I spent two years as a clinical trainee at Fairfax Behavioral Health, a large private psychiatric hospital in Kirkland, WA. At Fairfax I worked directly with adult and adolescent patients in the hospital’s partial hospitalization programs. During my second year I attended a weekly psychological testing seminar led by a licensed clinical psychologist and clinical director of inpatient services in addition to leading between two and three groups per week with inpatient adolescents.
Insurance:
I am an in-network provider with Premera, Regence Blue Shield, TRICARE, TriWest and Aetna insurances and alld forms of insurance that offer out-of-network benefits. I would be glad to answer any insurance or billing related questions.
I currently offer individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults. I also provide family therapy. My theoretical approach is based on psychodynamic, developmental, attachment approaches.
Begining (or returning) to psychotherapy?
Together we will start by looking at any urgent or immediate reasons you are seeking psychotherapy. It is essential the first 3-4 sessions allow you to get a sense of me, an understanding of what I can, and cannot offer and what it feels like when we are together in therapy. You can expect I will be curious to learn about your social and emotional development, any significant relationships or relational challanges, cultural experiences and anything else that is important for me to know about your past and present circumstances that can inform my conceptualization of who you are and what you hope to change.