I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in individual psychotherapy with adults and adolescents, and couples therapy with partners or married couples. I work with a broad range of issues including depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues, parenting, and stress management. 

I also work with a number of clients for whom life is pretty good, but who long for more meaning in their lives, deeper self-understanding, or a greater capacity for intimacy in their relationships.  I integrate ideas from a number of different theories, including the new and fascinating field of interpersonal neurobiology, with an eye always toward balancing mindful attention to your current patterns or struggles, with deeper understanding of their roots in your history.  In addition, we all have internal strengths and resources, sometimes yet to be discovered.  I will support you in tapping into those as you work toward your goals for change. 

I have worked as a psychotherapist in a variety of mental health agencies since 1991 and have been in private practice since 1999. I began my professional life as a preschool teacher, eventually teaching in a therapeutic preschool for at-risk children. During this time I also worked as a parent educator facilitating groups and classes in the community. After graduate school I worked with adults and children of all ages, in outpatient, day-treatment, school, crisis and hospital settings. 

I love my work. As I sit with clients, whether a stressed college-student, a man recently layed off from his work, or a depleted mother of young children, I am reminded time and time again, that we all have a great capacity to grow and change, given the opportunity. I am honored to be a part of that process.


Education
B.A., Bard College
M.S., Clinical Psychology, San Francisco State University

License and Certifications
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Colorado since 1995
Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in CA 1993-1995
Certified as EMDR Therapist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) 2007 

Additional Training
Trained in EMDR 2000 and 2003
Have attended numerous advanced trainings in EMDR
Trained in Brainspotting 2008
Ongoing training in areas of interest including: Perinatal and Post-partum Health,
Interpersonal Neurobiology, Attachment, Trauma and complex PTSD

Professional Activities
Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research
EMDR International Association
Boulder Psychotherapists Guild
Boulder EMDR Network
Bellies, Birth & Babies (network of birth professionals)
Co-facilitator of The New Mom's Connection group