During my years in practice, I have continually improved the range and depth of my learning and expertise in both traditional and nontraditional therapies. My own experiences in therapy over the years have had an enormous influence on how I view and provide therapy. Additionally, for 23 years I had taught multiple courses at Drexel University and St. Joseph’s University, providing practical training for students to graduate and become therapists.

My sessions are typically anywhere from one or more hours. Years of experience and training have led me to conclude that good therapy takes whatever time is needed. You and I determine how much time we will use, based on many factors, particularly the nature of the problem we are working on and the therapeutic techniques being used.

My sessions will often be one and a half hours (which is standard protocol for EMDR therapy), up to 4 hours. Incidentally, there is no research supporting the conventional use of an hour or less for therapy – that length of time is simply what insurance companies will pay for. Having been a client in therapy myself I know the frustration of feeling like you've just gotten "warmed up" and suddenly the session is abruptly ended. It is very important to the quality of a session that you do not feel that I am watching the clock.

While maintaining continual expertise in the therapies I use through trainings and practice, I view the process of therapy as a very human and organic process which cannot be reduced to rigid, theory-based procedures. My approach is based on combining knowledge with skillful and creative interactions, rather than tied to one particular school of therapy.

In helping you I draw on a wide range of therapeutic approaches to find those best suited to your needs, guided by holistic principles, with an emphasis on results. The therapies I have been intensively trained in and utilize the most (but are not limited to) are:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT) - using tapping
Hypnotherapy (Ericksonian)
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET)/Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)