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My Office Hours

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Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Welcome to My Home Page

I am very happy you decided to visit! I am dedicated to give you the best possible care and hope you find my home page to be very valuable.

About Me

I received my Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology at International College in Westwood, California in 1985. I completed my Doctoral Degree in Naturopathic Health Care in June, 2004. My clinical internship was completed at Kaiser Permanente Sunset Facility in Southern California in the Chemical Dependency Recovery Program. I also completed a post graduate certification in Chemical Dependency Studies at University of California, Los Angeles in 1987. After completing my internship at Kaiser Permanente, I worked as the director of a crisis center, a division of an inpatient psychiatric hospital in Palm Springs. I worked for three years as an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) account manager servicing several large national corporations located in Southern California. I moved to Nevada in 1992 and worked as a clinical supervisor at a mental health clinic on a military base for four years. Then, I worked as a utilization manager for several managed behavioral health companies before returning to Kaiser Permanente in 2002. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Nevada, license number MFC22997 and have been in this field for over 20 years.

As a therapist and change agent, I have an ongoing interest in keeping my therapeutic skills and clinical knowledge current with the latest theories in the mental health field and in the fields of alternative medicine, and naturopathic health care practices. I have extensive advanced training in PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and trauma treatment and have done on site crisis counseling for various corporations in the past.

My Hobbies are scrap booking, making collages, reading, writing, cooking, hiking, camping and wild crafting herbal remedies.

Philosophy of Care

I believe that creating a collaborative, supportive, goal directed environment with clients encourage them to take responsibility for their emotional growth and empowers clients to make often difficult but necessary positive changes in their lives.

Thank you for visiting my home page. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome and I look forward to seeing you.

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