Introduction: I'm happy to offer 20-minute free phone consultation to answer questions, and for you to get a sense if my style would be a good fit for your needs.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist (MFC 45031), offering play therapy for children ages 3-12 years old, parent-child relational (Filial) therapy for parents, individual psychotherapy and shamanic counseling for adults in San Francisco.
Filial therapy is a highly effective intervention, integrating family counseling and child-centered play therapy, and helpful in resolving presenting problems and strengthening family relationships. Filial therapy is a psycho-educational approach to supporting parents to work directly with their child who is struggling with:
- Anger Management
- Divorce and Separation
- Academic Issues
- Social Anxiety
- Challenges with Transitions
- Traumatic Events
- ADHD, Bullying, etc.
Child Therapy:
Your child's symptoms and challenging behaviors are trying to tell us something. I see my role as understanding what is creating those difficulties and to support your child to discover and express what is going on underneath the behavior. Using expressive arts materials such as clay, sand tray, puppets and imaginative exercises, I help your child experience, own, and express those underlying feelings, and support your child to learn skills to deal with every day feelings.
In a supportive and safe environment, I use play therapy and creative materials to externalize their inner experience and express themselves more fully.
Individuals:
I see the work we do together as taking care of the soul at its deepest level. I look for the inherent health and wisdom that is held in all of your life experiences and attend to this co-creative process in a way that deeply honors all aspects of your self. I will compassionately support you on your journey by offering thoughtful inquiry, using expressive arts to understand core issues, mindfulness, and a sense of humor in our time together.
Shamanic counseling:
is a five-session method for teaching you how to conduct a shamanic journey on your own behalf, which opens up another world of wisdom to draw upon to support you during life's transitions.
I will provide instruction, orientation, and methodological advice so that you can directly access your guides using the sound of the drum. For the shamanic practitioner, these guides are real teachers in non-ordinary states of consciousness. A modern interpretation is that these guides are an aspect of your most intuitive, wise, loving self.
The benefit of doing the journey-work is an increased connection to your self and the world in such a deep way that you move through your life with greater ease, grace and understanding of your self as a source of inherent wisdom.
You could benefit from shamanic counseling if you:
- Feel that your career is not in alignment with your true path
- Feel depressed or out of sorts
- Are stuck in familiar, yet uncomfortable patterns
- Desire clarity in your life's purpose
