| Office: |
3030 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
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| Phone: |
(510) 845-5919
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| Profession: |
Psychologist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
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| Practice Description: |
In my practice I am dedicated to working on the complexities of single life, creating and sustaining romantic partnerships, meaningful careers, and happier family lives. I believe in staying ambitious for our psychological, emotional, relational and material selves. In that pursuit, we will explore old patterns and worries that inhibit those ambitions. We will write a new set of expectations, based on the evidence we uncover about the safety of moving ahead and leading more satisfying lives. As uncomfortable feelings arise, we will work to first tolerate them, understand them in the context of early emotional experiences, and shift them to better serve you in your present life.
I see psychotherapeutic work as deeply collaborative, and, at its best, wonderfully interesting. While my style is active and engaged, I pace the work to my clients’ needs, especially those struggling with depression, anxiety, and trauma histories. I work with adults, couples, and older adolescents. As a therapist who is also a parent, I deeply enjoy working with people who are balancing their parenting with all of their other concerns. When their children are struggling, I am wary of interpretations and solutions that leave parents feeling blamed and helpless, and I work to keep parents curious about their children and actively engaged in helping them.
I consider myself an integrative therapist, incorporating psychodynamic, interpersonal, self psychology, and cognitive behavioral theory and techniques into my work, and I am theoretically and actively associated with the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group. I continue to stay apprised of new findings in psychological science and psychotherapy research in order to best advise my clients. When medications are deemed appropriate, I can help clients navigate new relationships with medical personnel and psychiatrists in order find the most efficacious treatments.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
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in bold text) |
Life Transitions
Depression
Relationship Issues
Adjustment Disorder
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Bipolar Disorder
Co-dependency
Crisis/Trauma
Divorce/Dissolution
Eating Disorders
Grief/Loss
Parenting Issues
Personal Growth
Personality Disorders
Self-esteem
Sexual Abuse
Smoking Cessation
Substance Abuse
Women's Issues
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| Age Specialties: |
Adolescents
Adults
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Control Mastery
Existential/Humanistic
Integrative
Person-Centered
Psychodynamic
Self Psychology
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| Education: |
PsyD, The Wright Institute, 2003
BA, Oberlin College, 1980
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| License #: |
PSY20197 |
| License State: |
California |
| Professional Affiliations: |
 | American Psychological Association | | The San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group | | SEPI | | California Psychological Association | | Alameda County Psychological Association |
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| Fee Schedule: |
$100 - 110.00 |
| Insurance and Billing Instructions: |
I am currently represented on only one panel - Blue Shield for Federal Workers. Otherwise, my patients pay me directly and submit paperwork to their insurance companies for reimbursement. I will fill out any paperwork necessary for that to happen. |
| Office Hours: |
M - F |
| Driving Directions: |
My office is on the south side of Ashby Avenue, just east of Claremont Avenue.
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Additional Information
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| Years in Practice: 6-10 |
| Gender: Female |
| Accepting New Clients: Yes |
| Sliding Fee Scale: Yes |
| Prescribe Medication: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
| Public Transportation: Yes |
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