| Office: |
16055 Ventura Blvd, Ste.1020
Encino, CA 91436
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| Phone: |
(818) 905-8568
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| Fax: |
(818) 905-8306
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| E-mail: |
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| Profession: |
Marriage and Family Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
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| Practice Description: |
With 20+ years of experience and solid training I am dedicated to helping you feel and be your best. Offering individual and group psychotherapy, my style is open, attuned, and compassionate, with room for humor. I will help you formulate effective coping strategies and tools to be more in control while discovering what contributes to, and helps maintain, underlying patterns of helplessness, self-defeat, and unsatisfying relationships. Our work focuses on your personality and needs. Self-exploration, leading to a new understanding of "old" scripts, generates creativity, resilience, flexibility, and novel thinking (essential for good problem-solving!). GROUPS: Women's Resiliency Groups; Surviving Middle School Girl's Groups; Parenting Groups. SPECIALTIES: Life Transitions; Relationships; Parenting Issues; Depression; Anxiety; Divorce; Family of Origin Struggles; Early Trauma; Examining Life's Meaning and Purpose; Loss; Coping With Adversity.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Resiliency/Coping With Adversity
Parenting Issues
Relationship Issues
Adjustment Disorder
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Anger Management
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Co-dependency
Crisis/Trauma
Depression
Divorce/Dissolution
Eating Disorders
Grief/Loss
Impaired Professionals
Life Transitions
Personal Growth
Self-esteem
Somatoform Disorders
Spirituality
Stress Management
Women's Issues
Mother-Daughter Issues
Examining Life's Meaning and Purpose
Attachment Issues
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| Age Specialties: |
Children
Adolescents
Adults
Elders
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Group
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Developmental
Existential/Humanistic
Experiential
Family Systems
Interpersonal
Intersubjective
Object Relations
Play Therapy
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Psychoeducational
Psychosocial
Self Psychology
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| Demographic Specialties: |
Buddhist
Christian
Jewish
People with Disabilities
Women/Feminist
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| Education: |
Ph.D., Graduate Center for Child Development and Psychotherapy, 2001
M.A., California State University, Northridge, 1985
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| License #: |
MFC 22333 |
| License State: |
California |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
1993 - 2 Year Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Certificate
1995 - Certificate in Basic Mediation Training
1995 - Certificate in Family and Divorce Mediation Training |
| Professional Affiliations: |
 | California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists | | American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy | | Los Angeles County Psychological Association | | Westside Child Trauma Council | | National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) |
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| Fee Schedule: |
Sliding Scale |
| Insurance and Billing Instructions: |
My initial consultation is free should you decide for any reason not to return for followup sessions. I am not a provider on any insurance panels, but instead prefer to work with you directly. If there is a true financial need, I will do my best to have us figure out a fee that is workable. If I am unable to do so, I am happy to assist you with referrals or other resources. During the course of therapy I provide you with a monthly statement that contains all the information required by your insurance company. In special cases, I will work with an insurance company on a Single Case Agreement. |
| Office Hours: |
By Appointment |
| Driving Directions: |
The office is located on Ventura Blvd, between Hayvenhurst and Haskell, on the North/East corner of Ventura and Woodley. From the 101 going East take the Haskell exit. Turn left, going south, to Ventura Blvd. Turn Right on Ventura to Woodley. From the 405, transfer to the101 West and exit at Haskell. Follow the instructions above from the Haskell exit.
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| Additional Comments: |
During the initial consultation you can share your concerns and get a sense of how well I understand what brought you to therapy, your needs, and goals. Effective psychotherapy is about a good "fit" between two people, as well as education, training, and experience. The consultation is a good time to raise any questions about psychotherapy in general, how I work, or your particular situation. Of course, those questions can be asked at any point in the future, as well. |
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