Marin Individual Therapy

I provide a number of individual therapy services in downtown Larkspur, Marin County including:

  • Anxiety and depression 
  • Stress and anger management 
  • Family of origin wounds 
  • Trauma 
  • Sexual, physical and emotional abuse 
  • Codependence 
  • Perfectionism/Type “A” 
  • Life transitions 
  • Personal growth

People seek psychotherapy for numerous reasons but the thing they usually have in common is some level of emotional or psychological distress that impacts your happiness.  If you’re looking for a therapist – it’s likely something hasn’t been working for you and you need some help.

Maybe you’re struggling with anxiety, depression or anger management issues. Perhaps managing stress has been your problem and you struggle with issues around life balance between work, family, friends and other interests.  You might have experienced trauma in your past that still impacts or blocks you in the present.

My goals are to help you decrease your symptoms (if present), gain insight into what in your life isn’t working for you and collaborate to make lasting changes. I offer practical tools and management techniques to use right away – and I strive to empower you to learn to thrive on your own, outside of the therapy office.  I view each person as a unique tapestry of life events and personal characteristics.  Part of my job is to carefully put together the pieces of the puzzle of where you come from as it relates to your current struggles.

For many, distress sources are rooted in early childhood experiences with less than ideal parental relationships and attachment deficiencies.  Resolving and moving past family of origin wounds is a practice specialty and passion of mine.  In addition to the relevance of genetics, temperament, resilience and the like, your past experiences can negatively (or positively) impact the present so part of the therapy can involve an exploration of your family of origin.

  • What life experiences may have taught you that your environment or people can’t be trusted?
  • Did you feel emotionally safe (and physically safe) growing up?
  • Did you experience a lot of criticism and have high expectations placed on you?
  • Were you emotionally neglected and coped with rigid independence – that no longer serves you to such a degree now?

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