Individual Adult Therapy
- Grief about the loss of a relationship
- Difficulties in having or maintaining satisfying romantic relationships
- Transition to parenthood
- Profound loss due to the death of a loved one
- Infertility or difficulty conceiving
- Questions about sexual or gender orientation
- General anxiety or specific phobias
- Obstacles to achieving success in work or school
- Depression (Great sadness, loss of pleasure and enjoyment, feeling that it’s hard to get things done, trouble sleeping, etc)
- Childhood trauma that is having negative impacts on current life
Couple Therapy
- frequent arguments that seem repetitive and non-productive
- trouble communicating about the three most challenging areas for a couple to negotiate: sex, money, in-laws
- exploring whether the couple wants to stay committed to each other
- repairing from the damage done to the relationship through infidelity
Child and Adolescent Therapy
- not getting along with a family member (parent or sibling)
- trouble in making or keeping friends
- not living up to one's potential academically
- diagnosed or undiagnosed learning difference affecting school performance and relationships
- dealing with having a sibling who has a major developmental or medical illness
- dealing with parental separation or divorce
Psychoanalysis
- one has the desire and resources to undertake the most intense form of treatment
- looking for a treatment can fundamentally change the way you relate to yourself and others and work
Consultation
- for parents
- for licensed professionals concerning their work
Organizations I'm affiliated with
- UCSF, Clinical Faculty
- San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
- Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Division 39, American Psychological Association