MY UNIQUE APPROACH

As an experienced psychologist, I am able to offer a thoughtfully integrative approach that utilizes a contemporary synergy of counseling and  psychotherapy.  I believe that truly effective psychological care must be highly individualized and is not just about reducing symptoms, but provides the catalyst for self-growth and individuation.  My practice is dedicted to this high quality, personal approach.

I bring to my practice the depth of understanding that over 17 years of scholarship, scientific inquiry, and experience provides.  These varied and rich experiences allow me to appreciate the uniqueness and complexity of each individual's journey.

Counseling is a relatively short-term approach to solving life phase  and relationship problems. This type of intervention includes building upon your existing skills and learning new skills to help you and your partner overcome personal and interpersonal problems. Counseling can be very effexctive for addressing specific symptoms, such as anxiety or depression, and for dealing with difficult life circumstances. It might be sought when coping with changes in marital status, career, parenthood, sexual problems, loss of a loved one or when making an important life decision. Together we set goals at the beginning of therapy to help guide the process.






COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
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Evidence supported psychodynamics/analytical psychotherapy is a highly individualized and hopeful process designed to identify and change repetitive destructive beliefs and heal unresolved core issues that continue to impact your life.  It is not simply about symptom reduction, it is about finding the inner resouces you have to change your life.

My approach to psychotherapy is practical, eclectic and primarily informed by psychodynamic theories including Jungian analytical psychology and object relations. Some patients come to me specifically for this orientation, but some come who are not familiar with this approach but profit deeply from it because of its comprehensiveness and its focus on deeper healing and transformation.

Finally, research also suggests that the relationship between the psychologist and client is critical for successful outcomes.  That is why I offer a free initial consultation.  During our first meeting we will begin to explore your goals and desired outcomes for counseling or psychotherapy in more detail.  The first session also provides an opportunity  to determine if we will work well together.  Counseling and psychotherapy require a commitment of time, money and energy and so you should choose a psychologist carefully. I strongly believe you should be comfortable, encouraged and optimistic with the psychologist you choose.

  • Individual  & Couples
  • Counseling & Analytical Psychotherapy
  • Mild-life Issues
  • Dreams
  • Counseling for Therapists, Supervision
  • Relationships & Sexuality
  • Identity
  • Psychological Evaluation
  • Adult Learning Disorders
  • Adult Attention-Deficit Disorder
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Anger
  • Substance Use & Addictions
  • Career
  • Sandtray
  • Spirituality
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Over the years, research studies have shown the benefits of counseling and medications for short-term symptom reduction.  However, recent research have identified that these changes may be somewhat illusory and that deeper, psychodynamic and analytical approaches manifest longer lasting positive benefits.*  Understanding the root of your problems improves coping, decreases relapse, and improves functioning for years after therapy has ended.
*Shedler, J. (2010).  The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy.  American Psychologist, 65, 98-109.
We are not here to fit in . . . we are here to be eccentric, different, perhaps strange, perhaps merely to add our small piece, our little clunky selves to the real mosaic of being.
 
James Hollis
Carl Gustav Jung