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My approach to therapy is client centered, using a variety of modalities including CBT, DBT and family systems therapy.
I am a licensed professional counselor that has been working in behavioral health for over 20 years. I am a lifelong resident of South Jersey and obtained my Bachelors and Masters degrees from La Salle University in Philadelphia.
My approach to therapy is client centered, using a variety of modalities including CBT, DBT and family systems therapy.
I am a licensed professional counselor that has been working in behavioral health for over 20 years. I am a lifelong resident of South Jersey and obtained my Bachelors and Masters degrees from La Salle University in Philadelphia.
I am a seasoned bilingual Psychologist with more than 30 years in academia, research, and clinical practice, who believes in the power of hope and human resilience. I use evidence-based approaches to improve the quality of life of people dealing with challenging situations due to mood, anxiety, and personality disorders, environmental stressors, trauma, and others. I also specialize in substance and behavioral addictions, compulsive sexual problems, gambling, addiction to pornography and media, and others. I purport to help my patients harness the power for trauma resolution when life happens in ways that leave profound scars.
I am a seasoned bilingual Psychologist with more than 30 years in academia, research, and clinical practice, who believes in the power of hope and human resilience. I use evidence-based approaches to improve the quality of life of people dealing with challenging situations due to mood, anxiety, and personality disorders, environmental stressors, trauma, and others. I also specialize in substance and behavioral addictions, compulsive sexual problems, gambling, addiction to pornography and media, and others. I purport to help my patients harness the power for trauma resolution when life happens in ways that leave profound scars.
My ideal client is an individual that comes here with the understanding that simply talking about what is bothering them is not the end, but the beginning. After this, the real work begins. They are ready to listen and absorb. This client is ready to learn coping strategies that can assist them with managing their emotions even after our clinical relationship has ended. This client is not looking for a buttoned up and stuffy environment. They come with the knowledge that they will be in a welcoming, relaxed, and humor-filled environment. My job is to support, challenge, and empower you to help yourself move forward.
My ideal client is an individual that comes here with the understanding that simply talking about what is bothering them is not the end, but the beginning. After this, the real work begins. They are ready to listen and absorb. This client is ready to learn coping strategies that can assist them with managing their emotions even after our clinical relationship has ended. This client is not looking for a buttoned up and stuffy environment. They come with the knowledge that they will be in a welcoming, relaxed, and humor-filled environment. My job is to support, challenge, and empower you to help yourself move forward.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.