Bio note

Hello. As a therapist committed to marriage,  strengthening relationships and fostering emotional, mental, and spiritual health, I look forward to serving you.

A licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist for over thirty years, I provide psychotherapy and counseling in my San Rafael office to couples, individuals, families, and groups. My resume shows the depth and breadth of my professional experience and publications.

My pending book, The Marriage Meeting Program: 45 Minutes a Week to Guarantee the Long Term Relationship You’ve Always Wanted, presents material from my couples workshops. My new, now available ebook, The Marriage Meeting Starter Kit, is a shorter version of the more comprehensive book; it explains step-by-step how to conduct a Marriage Meeting.

An instructor for continuing education classes for therapists, I serve on the faculties of the University of California Berkeley Extension and at Alliant International University in San Francisco .

I believe in the kind of marriage that is caring and supportive. It fosters the growth and vitality of both partners. I have been happily married for over 23 years, not by chance, but because we have learned how to keep a relationship thriving.

My approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and holistic. I listen with a trained ear and respond to each person’s unique situation.

My formal education  (B.A. Binghamton University, MSW University of Michigan), extensive agency experience, and post-graduate training (including at the Family Therapy Institute of Marin and Tavistock program) includes both cognitive-behavioral and psychoanalytic approaches. I integrate the two so as to be most helpful to each person and situation.

In addition to my expertise in marriage and relationship issues, my specialties include assisting people experiencing transitions, depression, anxiety, alcoholism (Here’s my article about families and alcoholism: Homeostatis A Key Concept in Working With Alcoholic Families) and other addictions,  parenting and co-parenting concerns, divorce, adoption, creativity, bi-polar disorders, and stage-of-life issues.

For additional information, you are welcome to call me at 415-491-4801.