Who I Am. Choosing your psychotherapist or life coach is a very important decision. After all, you are not only making an investment in yourself but you are also taking a leap of faith that the person you are choosing to work with will actually help you and can be entrusted with your best interests.
An Extensive Background of Training and Experience. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW in NY) since 2000, I devoted the majority of my early career to working with sexual abuse and trauma survivors, suicidal and self harming clients, Borderline Personality Disorder, and those who were suffering with severe levels of anxiety and depression. I worked in group homes of adolescent girls, with prostitutes on the streets, with sexual abuse and rape survivors at the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Hempstead, NY. I became trained in the most progressive and advanced treatments for these clients: Eye Movement and Desensitization (EMDR) to work neurobiologically with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to treat Borderline Adolescents and Adults; Somatic Interventions and Energy Work to enable the body to heal emotionally.
Choose Thriving. Not Just Surviving. As I grew both personally and professionally with my clients, I became excited about the idea of actually thriving, not just surviving. And as my clients became more functional and healthier, growing out of the severely destructive behaviors of suicide, self-harming, additions, eating disorders, isolating, and suffering, I became inspired by the questions of “What Next?” and “Where Can We Grow From Here?”
I took every opportunity to learn more about growth, the laws of attraction, how to design and create your life, the act of thinking limitlessly, and again returned for 400 hours more of post-graduate education to become a Certified Life Coach.
The Birth of A Unique Combination of Psychotherapy PLUS Coaching. But it was not only my clients that were inspiring me, it was also the effect that practicing the psychotherapy and coaching skills on myself had. I had decided to walk my talk and experiment everything I taught or suggested to my clients on myself first. I practiced the thoughts, strategies, and tools on my own best guinea pig… me. Amazingly, I began to create the truly abundant and successful life that I really wanted and have now.
I share openly that I am just like you and everyone else that has been searching for less suffering and more happiness. I found a winning combination of healing and growth that has worked for me and for my many clients.
I now know and experience what very real happiness is for me and I now know that I am entirely capable of having exactly what I want. I make far more money and work far less hours than I used to. I have minimal stress and cope with the stressors in my life far better than ever before. I have more loving, fulfilling relationships. I have a peaceful, easy relationship with my body and my food (a HUGE challenge for someone with a life-long chronic disease that caused early childhood trauma, weight gain, and a war with illness). I now feel energetic, powerful, and grateful.
Can It Work For You, Too? I am intensely passionate about the work I do because I am truly living my purpose when working with my clients. My dedication to them is enthusiastic and unlimited.
My gift is in helping people to discover how they can improve their lives to become happier. To get there, they learn what is unique about them and who they truly are, helping them to become clear about their true purpose and what they actually want and need. I use my intuition to help people transform their past into a gift and to remove their current blocks. My clients are then able to freely create a life that has no limits now. All the while, I keep people accountable and energized as they connect with what they really want and take each step to actually achieve it.
No matter where you are in your life, no matter what "issues" you have or if you are simply looking to grow into your best self, I authentically believe that your potential for happiness is unlimited. If these processes worked for me and my clients, they can work for you as well!