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Areas of Specialty: Gay men's relationships Recovery from substance abuse and addiction. Grief and Loss of a loved one. Separating and moving On. Worried: Feeling Lonely and Sad Self Esteem Coaching Coming Out One partner HIV negative and one HIV positive partner Learning to adjust to being HIV positive Learning to date successfully and move beyond dissapoinments. A unique practice: My pratice is a small boutique kind of thing. I do this on purpose. My clients are very important to me, and I do everything to ensure your safety and comfort while you are under my care. I make every effort to spend quaility time with you and make sure your sessions start on time. This small uniqueness allows me to spend more time on you, and really think through the solutions and use the time to put the effort into reseaching each person's unique situation to obtain the best possible outcomes. I only take a limited number of clients, so each person gets A plus, attention with quality and specialized care while you are here. Services that I offer are; Individual Therapy Couples Therapy Group Therapy Bio Statement: My discipline and the title of my license is Marriage Family Thearpist or "MFT". My California state license can be verified at www.bbs.ca.gov. Some more about my background: I became licensed in October of 2003, have a lot of experience working as a therapist. In fact, I began my career at age sixteen, when I was in high school in the California suburbs. Then I helped to design a teenage peer sucide hotline, where other teens would call in if they had thoughts of harming themselves. The hotline worked to prevent sucide and provide crises counseling and resources on the phone. It is interesting that today teenage hotlines are still a part of the community, such as the popular Trevor Project in West Hollywood. www.trevorproject.org. I did my undergraduate work at the University of Southern California where I graduated from USC's School of Communication with a major in Communication Arts and Sciences and a minor in the Study of Women and Men in Society. I later went on to receive a Masters Degree from Antioch University in Los Angeles, a progressive and outstanding program for people who want to become therapists. Antioch University www.Antiochla.edu is a wonderful place and contributed greatly to my growth as a clinician and eventually my successful passing of the rigorous licensing examinations. Professionally, I have had many internships and trainings which prepared me for a solid career as a provider of mental health services. I received rigorous training as an intern at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood. I have also worked at Glendale Memorial Hospital Inpatient substance dependancy program, and at Meadowbrook Manor, a residential facility for mentally ill adults suffering from Schizophrenia and major mental illness. I have had a long history of experience working in the Insurance industry which means I have a complex understanding of just exactly how those benefits of yours really work, or not work as it is in many cases. BUT REALLY WHY ARE YOU CONTACTING ME INSTEAD OFF ALL THOSE OTHER THERAPISTS, and people on your insurance plans?
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