Over 20 years experience in the Counseling field!

Individual, Couples, Children and Family Counseling

Client Age: Any!

Offices:
Denton

Education:
Masters of Education in Counseling (MEd)
Marriage, Family & Child, Specialist in Play Therapy
University of North Texas

License:
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)

Certifications:
Certified Anger Resolution Therapist
Certified Criminal Justice Chemical Dependency Counselor

Memberships:
National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
Texas Association of Addiction Professionals
Texas Counseling Association

Other:
Adjunct Professor – University of North Texas – Social Work and Rehabilitation

Clinical Interests

(in no particular order)
1. People living with an alcoholic/drug addict, past or present
2. Play Therapy for 3 year olds and older
3. Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder, ADHD, ADD, Conduct Disorder, Asperger\’s Syndrome and other severe behavioral disorders
4. Parents needing help with their pre-teens or teenagers
5. People who can’t figure out why their relationships don’t work
6. Relationship Issues, including Marital or Couples
7. Eating Disorders, including Compulsive Eating, Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa
8. People who are not sure if they have an alcohol/drug problem and their families
9. Recovering individuals who have hit a roadblock in recovery
10. Women going through Menopause
11. Depression, Severe Depressive Disorders and Anxiety, with or without Panic Attacks or medication
12. People who want to work through Anxiety without taking medication.

Most Frequently Recommended Reading for Clients:

• How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Bloomfield
• There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem by Dyer
• Give the Gift of Forgiveness by Stanley
• Try and Make Me by Levy & O’Hanlan
• Get Out Of My Life: But First Could You Drive Me and Sheryl To The Mall by Wolf
• The Bible
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) by Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous (Basic Text) by Narcotics Anonymous
• The Dilemma of the Alcoholic Marriage by Alanon
• The Language of Letting Go by Beattie
• Co-Dependent No More by Beattie
• Beyond Co-Dependency by Beattie
• How to Heal from Depression by Bloomfield
• Divorce Poison by Warshak
• The Co-Parenting Survival Guide by Zimmerman
• Active Parenting (Program to develop Parenting Skills)
• Divorce Busting by Weiner-Davis
• Stage-II Recovery by Larson
• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Bourne
• The Feeling Good Handbook by Bourne

Most Common Referrals that I Make

1. Grief Group
2. Alcoholics Anonymous & Narcotics Anonymous
3. Reading
4. Workbooks
5. Al-Anon or Nar-anon
6. Other self-help groups
7. Communication Skills Workshops
8. Parenting Workshops & Co-Parenting Workshops

Styles & Philosophical Orientation that Influence my Style of Counseling

1. Cognitive Behavioral
2. Developmental
3. Family Systems
4. Solution Focused
5. Affirmations
6. Spiritual Focus
7. 12-Step Model
8. Acceptance of Responsibility for the quality of one\’s life