Practice Specializations

Counseling for Anxiety

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are the two major treatment approaches with a strong evidence base for treating anxiety. I have expertise in combining these approaches along with other tools to provide lasting change for each individual client. Common sources of anxiety include:

  • Relationship conflicts

  • Big life transitions such as relocation, marriage, divorce or loss

  • Work related stress and career transitions

  • Confusion about life purpose and values

  • Fear of taking risks in life that you’d really like to be able to take

  • Anxiety related to pregnancy, postpartum and parenting

  • Conflicted feelings about religion and spirituality

I work with men and women at various points in their journey toward and through parenthood. These challenges include:

  • Postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (including postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other challenges adjusting to new parent life)

  • Pregnancy-related concerns and associated stress

  • Relationships affected by the addition of children

  • Past traumatic experience that is resurfacing through the journey of parenting

  • Issues of fatherhood.

I specialize in providing psychotherapy for high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs.

Frequent issues that come up in therapy include :

  • Work/life balance

  • Prioritizing relationships in the face of stressful work demands

  • Managing the anxiety associated with the risks it takes to start a venture

  • Increasing self-care

  • The difficulty of being vulnerable when everyone in your industry is watching for your confidence

Couples therapy

Love makes the world go round, but attachment and connection to another human being is HARD. Couples work with me to address the following:

  • Break the cyclical patterns of communication that keep them stuck

  • Reduce reactivity related to topics of continual conflict so that each partner can be be more present to their partner

  • Address past hurts that continue to impact present day interactions

  • Foster a deeper connection (a secure attachment) where each partner can hear one another’s real hopes, fears and longings

LCSW Supervision and consultation

I provide clinical supervision for social workers working toward LCSW supervised hours (Illinois or Tennessee), as well as consultation to other professionals with a special emphasis on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Currently, I am in the process of organizing a supervision group for emerging career therapists working toward licensure, as well as a professional consultation group focused on ACT that will meet monthly in the Nashville area.