After 28 years in practice, I recognize that many of our psychological issues are partially biological imbalances because of too stressful a life as well as having unresolved traumatic experiences from our childhood and this is being verified by research as almost universal. This has been known for centuries; children are very delicate and so there are unresolved biological/psychological blocks that need assistance to resolve or we find ourselves being ‘driven’ by behaviors that are attempts to keep us from burning out.

These automatic and mechanical compensatory mechanisms are well observed and completely known by few; I was introduced to with from a very practical biological -psychological model presented in 1970 at the Institute of Applied Psychology in Santiagao, Chile. These organic compensatory behaviors include in varying degrees panic, phobic tendencies, illness, over-exertion (or called hyperactivity), over-intake on many levels (foods, ideas, material goods, etc) and so on.

By helping your Central Nervous System re-normalize ‘itself’, since it’s very design is to self-heal (or now called neuro-plasticity) MOST biological/psychological imbalances are resolved to a greater degree. This leaves you free to engage in your life rather than having to deal with the suffering which prevents in the moment happiness, what life is all about. Many of my clients find that my work helps them more fully benefit from other therapies they are involved in as well. Why have to live with a condition rather then RESOLVE it and move on?

I also recognize that all humans have blind spots in their process which prevent us from seeing ourselves more objectively, let’s say as others see us. My training is unique in that I have been trained in an approach to recognizing and detaching from behaviors that are the result of childhood patterns that began when we were very young and that continue to this day completely unseen by us (although others can recognize them). These survival patterns are cyclical, predictable, and can be detached from, once we get some assistance naming them. Once we get a handle on these patterns, life does change for the better. I have a very good track record with my clients.

My style is non-aggressive and gentle, as we do not need more aggression (call it stress) than we have already had to deal with. I remember a therapist asking my why I had decided not to work with him and I replied, “Because you acted like you were going to be tough with me, and although I can use honest and direct, aggressive has never made things better for me. It never worked before and so why would it now”. I am an advocate for your process and success; we are a partnership that focuses on your happiness. You will feel that I am in your corner, not on the other side of the ring ready to pounce on you as many therapists do in my experience.

After years of working with clients, I realize that each of us have natural healing potentials within us now called neuorplasticity and called revitailzation in Oriental Medicine. This needs only to be evoked in a loving and kind relationship, which I offer.

Central to my work is the ability to train your brain to recognize that it produces its own suffering states, in physics called perturbation, and provide it with information about itself and the brain heals itself, as unbelievable as it might sound…

Children, Adolescents, Adults, Wisdom Years folks

Specialities:

Self-Regulation Improvement
Mood Disorders / Depression
Anxiety / ADD / ADHD
Focus / Concentration Enhancement
OCD
Traumatic Brain Injury
Sleep Issues
PTSD / Trauma resolution
(especially for those who cannot process with EMDR or other trauma therapies)
Peak/Optimal Performance / Stress & Overload Resolution

Mindfulness Approach (32 years training & experience)