Associate Marriage and Family Therapist MFC 110132
Therapy is about unconditional positive regard, exploring our past and focusing on the present and helping ourselves communicate with others and the world around us.
Insurances Accepted: Beacon/Gold Coast, cash sliding scale $120 to 65 per hour |
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I have worked with a variety of populations which has helped me develop the communication skills for meeting people where they are emotionally and cognitively. I believe strongly in the power of good communication, person centered care and unconditional positive regard and creativity in my practice. I am mainly a Humanistic/Existential therapist and want to bring my clients a step closer to their own personal self-actualization. Our basic needs are more important than ever in these uncertain and unpredictable times and without meeting them, growing and adapting are more difficult. Identity, meaning and purpose are now being examined by literally everyone and questioned, maybe even for the first time. I hope to help my clients examine themselves to help strengthen their sense of meaning and purpose in life.
I am trained as both as a fine artist and Art Therapist but consider myself to be more of an Expressive Therapist. ALL creative activity can be used for self care and self discovery so I try to explore the use of the Arts with every client. Whether it’s painting, musical instruments, writing of every kind, dancing or maybe just watching movies, reading, looking at art or listening to music, we all use the Arts in our lives and can always use more!
I am trained as both as a fine artist and Art Therapist but consider myself to be more of an Expressive Therapist. ALL creative activity can be used for self care and self discovery so I try to explore the use of the Arts with every client. Whether it’s painting, musical instruments, writing of every kind, dancing or maybe just watching movies, reading, looking at art or listening to music, we all use the Arts in our lives and can always use more!
Education.
My educational background includes:
- Bachelor in Studio Art from University of California, Irvine in Irvine California (1991)
- Master of Fine Art from Otis School of Art & Design in Los Angeles, California (1995)
- Master of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy from Phillips Graduate University in Chatsworth, California (August 2018)
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2021 Sperry Ave. Suite 41
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 669-8846 | Fax: (805) 272-9370
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2021 Sperry Ave. Suite 41
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 669-8846 | Fax: (805) 272-9370
[email protected]