My intention is to balance an active approach with the patience to listen to and truly hear you, while we carefully address difficult issues together.  My desire is to be clear and honest while working with you for optimal change as a proactive partner in your successful therapy, creating a safe clearing in which confusing issues can become clear and workable.

I am experienced working with people ranging in age from young adults to older adults. I appreciate cultural, ethnic and professional diversity, and work with people from all walks of life. I have familiarity with those in artistic/creative professions as well as from business and professional backgrounds.

I have extensive experience working with young adults in helping them to thrive and succeed in an increasingly more complicated world, in personal, relationship, and professional spheres.My experience includes many people exploring their gender identity and sexual orientation, and I am comfortable working across the spectrum of gender and sexuality from contemporary point of view.

If you are in therapy already, I provide psychiatric medication consultation, and work using a collaborative team approach with your current therapist and other providers, as appropriate. Regardless of our treatment arrangement, I emphasize an integrative approach which includes optimizing lifestyle and general health, while balancing biological, psychological and social factors to provide the best result possible.

Research Supports Efficacy of Psychodynamic Therapy

http://www.apsa.org/portals/1/docs/news/JonathanShedlerStudy20100202.pdf