As a psychotherapist, my primary clinical focus is couple’s therapy utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) modality and Intersubjectivity Psychoanalysis (IS). EFT intervention consists in helping the distressed couple and individuals form a new bond, which becomes an attachment foundation that empowers the couple and the individual to work through various relational and psychological issues.  I also do psychotherapy informed by IS which is the fifth-generation psychoanalysis with its profound shift to two-person psychology (from a traditional Western one-person psychology). Two-person psychology understands that the brain is wired for relationship and is not designed to heal on its own.

In addition to my 25+ years psychotherapy work, I have 45+ years of pastoral counseling experience, working with individuals and couples. Thus I am qualified to do integrative counseling regarding people’s Image of God (IOG), combining both psychological work and spiritual work within the framework of the Christian Faith.  I also offer executive coaching, assisting professionals (small business owners, pastors, LPC & MFT clinicians and graduate counseling students) to grow personally and professionally.

As a supervisor approved by the Oregon Board for Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists (OBLPCT), I provide clinical supervision for registered interns and licensed counselors/therapists who are interested in developing theoretical and clinical skills utilizing my hybridized theory: EFT, IS, and IOG with foundations in Neuroscience and Attachment Theory.