About Me
seemed to help individuals get right to the core of their issues. Heart-centered hypnotherapy is now a central part of my practice.
In 2005, after 20 years in England, I returned to the US and began working with Dr. Linda Shapiro, a doctor in Bariatric medicine (the medical specialty dealing with obesity and weight problems). I saw Dr. Shapiro's patients for psychotherapy and hypnotherapy.
I am now the consultant therapist for Dr. Becky Andrick, another Denver-based bariatric doctor. As a result, many of the clients I see struggle with compulsive overeating, obesity, and binge eating disorder.
I hold a Masters degree in counseling and am an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, certified by the American Board of Hypnotherapy. I am also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Colorado.
My style allows clients to work at their own pace. I help people find self-acceptance and healing using all the tools that I have gathered in over 30 years as a therapist.
While working with teenagers and refugees in London, England, I found a frightening number of them were suffering from depression. In my quest to find a quick way to give these young people some hope, I discovered a form of hypnotherapy that
I have been practicing as a psychotherapist since receiving my Masters in 1989. I began my career working in the field of addiction, which led me into the field of HIV and AIDS.
Working in HIV and AIDS gave me the opportunity to work with a broad range of people. I worked intensely in the LGBTQ+ community and practiced cross-cultural counseling, particularly with African, Spanish, and Italian clients. I also spent a great deal of time working with families. Living with illness and disability, uncertainty, death, dying, and grief were some of the many issues my clients faced.
In 2002, I began working for a community college in London. My clients there were predominately inner-city, low-income students. Many were young people who had failed in the regular school system and were working toward the equivalent of a high school diploma. There were also older students returning to education and many refugees learning English.
During my MA program, I experienced my first yoga class. Over the years, I developed greater interest in yoga, spirituality, and how we store emotions in our bodies.
In 1998, I left the AIDS field for private practice and began exploring the mind-body connection both in psychotherapy and in yoga. This period taught me how important it is for clients to pay attention to their physical bodies in therapy and also to bring in their spiritual beliefs. I consider bringing the whole person into therapy one of the cornerstones of my work and a crucial part of helping clients heal.