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I am a Marriage and Family Therapy Intern #49411 at the Process Therapy Institute under the supervision of Don Hadllock. MFT15316 I am a Sex Therapy Intern under the supervision of Stephin Braveman, DST, LMFT 28926 You can contact me by phone at 408/358-2218 ext. 451
If I were to pick one theme that runs through all of my therapy work, it would have to be Empowerment. I believe completely in people's abilities to change their own lives. In whatever age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, or culture we feel we belong to, we have the power to decide how to respond, perceive, define, believe, and present ourselves to others. There are many things we are not in control of empowerment often resides in seeing clearly and taking responsibility for the choices we can make. I feel my role as a therapist is to ask questions, be curious and draw out the power of each person's own spiritual, emotional, and relational authority over their own lives. I also see therapy as a playful creative process and I bring many aspects of play to my work. I resonate with this description of Deep Play as it relates to therapy: For humans, play is a refuge from ordinary life, a sanctuary of the mind, where
one is exempt from life's customs, methods, and decrees. Play always has a
sacred place, some version of a playground, in which it happens. The hallowed
ground is usually outlined, so it's clearly set off from the rest of reality. Play
has a time limit, which may be an intense but fleeting moment, the flexible
inning of a baseball game, or the exact span of a psychotherapy session.
The world of play favors exuberance, license, abandon. Shenanigans are
allowed, strategies can be tried, selves can be revised.
In therapy, I will hold a sacred place for us to play to expand the possibilities with creative freedom to think in new ways and try on different personas and storylines. I have a Master's degree in Holistic Counseling Psychology. I have volunteered time as a counselor and therapist for Santa Cruz Hospice, Santa Cruz Women's Crisis, and as an onsite counselor for a local high school. I spent 7 years as a Sports massage therapist and anatomy instructor in the Bay Area and bring a strong understanding of the body-mind connection to my work. I am an active member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists.
I am currently facilitating a Teen Girls Group,. a group on Talking to your kids about Sex and their Bodies,. and a group for women on Embracing our Sexual Selves.
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