My professional practice of 15 years provides an extensive and varied experiential base that informs my pragmatic and eclectic approach to treatment. I choose from a variety of psychological schools tailoring the therapeutic process to each individual’s specific challenges and needs while nurturing awareness and self-compassion. I believe each person deserves a holistic approach that integrates psychological factors with overall health, social environment as well as economic and physical circumstances. I view presenting symptoms as coping strategies and the therapist’s role as facilitating the fine tuning of some strategies and the exploration of more effective solutions for others. I aspire to provide dynamic therapeutic services that reflect professional best-practices in a comfortable and non-judgmental setting while striving to be welcoming, genuine, transparent and empathetic. Most people find they connect with me easily. I invite you to see for yourself.
Services Provided
Child Psychotherapy age 3 to 12
Adolescent Psychotherapy age 13 to 18
Psychotherapy Adults
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Coaching
Specialties
ADHD
Addiction
Adoption
Alcohol Abuse
Anger Management
Antisocial Personality
Anxiety
Asperger's Syndrome
Autism
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Career Counseling
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness
Chronic Impulsivity
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Developmental Disorders
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Abuse
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Gambling
Grief
Hoarding
Infertility
Infidelity
Intellectual Disability
Internet Addiction
LGBTQ
Learning Disabilities
Life Coaching
Life Transitions
Marital and Premarital
Men's Issues
Moderating Alcohol
Narcissistic Personality
Obesity
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Oppositional Defiance
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
Schizophrenia
School Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Addiction
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Substance Abuse
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Transgender
Trauma and PTSD
Traumatic Brain Injury
Video Game Addiction
Weight Loss
Women's Issues
Specialty Training
Meditation/ Mindfulness Teacher
Credentials
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist Number
Location
Bixby Knolls Long Beach Office
3711 Long Beach Blvd., Suite #5015, Long Beach, CA. 90807
Foreign Languages
Valetta Speaks German
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