have been working with people who are in difficult relationships for over 20 years now, and I’ve been in a few myself. Whether it is a partner or spouse, an in-law or parent, a sibling or a friend, I can help you navigate through rough waters to a place where you feel free of that feeling of pain, fear, angst, and oppressive obligation toward someone who is making your life miserable.

When I meet you, I let you know that you are in charge. I won’t ever tell you what to do, but I will absolutely always be completely honest with you about what I see. I trust my clients to know what is best for themselves, even if they’ve temporarily forgotten how to put that into action, and so I will walk alongside you and let you know what is possible, and where I see pitfalls. My therapy sessions are judgment and pressure free zones.

Relationships are messy, even the good ones, but sometimes they are hurtful and damaging. Sometimes we just need a little help to figure out if we are in the ‘garden variety messy’ category and just need some help figuring out how to take better care of our part of the mess, but sometimes we might need to give ourselves permission to step out of the mess, brush ourselves off, and start living our own lives again.

Along with helping people who are in difficult or abusive relationships, I help people heal from the impact of trauma so that they can live free and unencumbered by shame and pain from the past.

Although most of my expertise in relationships didn’t necessarily come from ‘book learning,’ I did pick up a Masters Degree in Professional Counseling (2000) and an advanced Educational Specialist Degree in Couples and Family Therapy (2002) along the way, both from The College of New Jersey.