You are beautiful, you are loved, you are creating yourself... let's embark on the journey of unfolding the best version of YOU. I sense your pain/ struggle; together we'll create the process of your healing and growth. I worked with clients at all developmental stages and issues - from crisis, trauma, special needs, adjustment, to managing clinical intensity mental health disorders, loss, family strategies.
Since 2001 I worked multi-culturally (US, Canada, Romania, Puerto Rico) as a Psychologist Assist., Assist. Teacher, and as a Counselor with clients with a variety of issues (ASD's, TBI, Down, depression, anxiety, bipolar, OCD, dementia, addiction, substance abuse, aging, relationships) from Hispanic/ Latino, African-American, Asian and European backgrounds. I use techniques involving EMDR, visuals, movement, drawing, meditation, videos, reflection. Together, we'll create strategies that can take you where you want to be in your inner balance circumstances.
Skills
National Certified Counselor (NCC); MD licensure LCPC; Certifications C-DBT, CCTP, EMDR Clinician; also previously Puerto Rico CPLP licensure 2017-2019.
Fluent in: English, Spanish, French, German, Romanian. Ability to communicate in Italian and Chinese.
Professional member of American Counseling Association ACA (since 2013); previously also division Military and Government Counselors' Association MGCA;
Extensive work (26yrs+) with developmental disorders (Autism, Down syndrome, multiple/ co-occurring diagnoses), motor disabilities (paraplegia, cerebral palsy), and personality disorders (paranoid disorders, schizophrenia); clinical experience with psychiatric/ neuro-psychiatric & seizure disorders (TBI, psychosis, epilepsy), addictions (drugs, alcohol); depression, anxiety; and vulnerable populations, elderly and veterans, populations w special needs.
Experience with populations in multicultural environments (Romania, Canada, United States, Puerto Rico).
Completed Red Cross Crisis and Disaster training (Basic+Advanced); registered MH volunteer Red Cross; formerly CPR (adult & child) /First Aid certified, former PCM Professional Crisis Management certified;
Experience with complementary therapies - Reiki, aromatherapy, herbal medicine & homeopathy, music & sound therapy, yoga, EFT, dreamwork, breathing; also an advocate of holistic wellbeing through nutrition, sleep, bio-rhythm/ circadian cycles, brain health, exercising/ movement, & self love (meaning/ salience)= artistic, musical, performer/ Theater, drawing/ painting, jewelry & all types of creative endeavors.
Utilizes EMDR, Impact therapy, Reality Tx, REBT, DBT, Adlerian, Jungian, Psychodrama, and Gestalt theories/ Techniques.
Former Belay training for increasing trust and bond in teenagers & children from broken homes; also, former Athletics/ competition swimmer & National Champion (Brasov, Romania, 1976); can train & utilizing aquatics in therapeutic implementation w special needs populations.
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dementia
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Medication Management
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Spirituality
- Substance Use
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Veterans
- Women's Issues
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Adlerian
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Gestalt
- Impact Therapy techniques (theory-driven)
- Integrative
- Jungian
- Multicultural
- Neuro-Linguistic (NLP)
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
