I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have a counseling private practice in the greater Phoenix area. I believe that each person has, within themselves, the ability to grow and change. Part of the process of, and evaluation towards, change can be a positive relationship with an advocate and/or counselor. I have respect for this process and an interest in clients achieving their counseling goals.

My counseling style is cognitive-behavioral therapy, and I tend to be solution-focused and goal oriented.

I have more than fourty years of experience in individual, family, group, and couples counseling.

Areas of expertise include:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress Management
• Life transitions
• Single parenting
• Communication Skills Training
• Incest/Sexual abuse
• Domestic violence
• Divorce recovery
• Spiritual/religious issues
• Counseling Military Personnel
• Cancer survivors and their families

I received my Masters Degree in Counseling from Arizona State University in 1982. My undergraduate degree is in Psychology with a Womens Studies Certificate, and I am licensed in the State of Arizona by the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. I have lived in the Phoenix area for over forty-five years and have worked for three local hospitals, in a number of middle schools and high schools in the Valley, and also for non-profit agencies. I have been in private practice since 1986.