Feeling connected and comfortable with your therapist is an essential part of treatment and healing. Using a relational approach, I try to create an environment that helps people work on deeply personal and challenging issues. My particular areas of interest and experience include grief and loss, relationships, depression, anxiety, ADHD, adolescent and parenting issues, and identity/sexuality issues. I recently published my first book on sibling loss, "Surviving Sibling Loss: The Invisible Thread that Connects Us Through Life and Death." (Available on Amazon) My areas of specialty include working with adolescents, young adults and adults. Adolescence can be a particularly challenging time of life for teens and their parents. I help families rebuild communication, reduce conflict and offer effective parenting strategies that can be implemented immediately. I have an open, direct therapy style. I help people explore their feelings without feeling judged or criticized. Through getting support and a better understanding of one's feelings, people feel less overwhelmed by their lives and more in control of their emotions.