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When something feels broken in your marriage, with your partner or with your kids or family, it's hard to know where to start. You may be dealing with infidelity, growing distance, constant conflict, concerns over pornography use or compulsive gambling or internet use with loss of trust. Anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, or anger management issues may also be involved.

For 30 years, I've been helping couples, teens, and families throughout Warwick and Monroe in Orange County, NY and in New City, NY serving Nanuet, Spring Valley and surrounding areas in Rockland County.

Teaching the language of emotions and healthy communication, I help partners move from resentment and disconnection to understanding and trust, even after betrayal or long-standing patterns. For teens, I provide a safe, structured space to address behavioral struggles, distress, and communication barriers. When working with couples, teens and families, I often alternate who I am working with, individually and in combination with others, so as to achieve maximum benefit.

I am certified in EMDR for trauma and use EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), a form of energy psychology known as "tapping" as well as hypnosis and meditation to alleviate distressing feelings and unwanted behaviors.

My New City, NY office is convenient to Nyack, Spring Valley, and Stony Point; My Warwick, NY office is near Monroe and Greenwood Lake, NY and accessible to Vernon, NJ.

Call me at 845-825-0599 for a free 15 minute phone consultation.

My Approach

My approach is practical, engaged, and collaborative. I don't just sit back and nod - I provide tools and assign homework. For true change and healing, traditional psychotherapy alone so often misses the mark. In fact, it sometimes keeps people “stuck” in their problems and addicted to the therapy itself. The traditional psychodynamic method without tools simply does not work for the vast majority of people. I teach practical skills and techniques to my patients and clients employing "hands-on" approaches.

Couples Counseling

I completed an externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, considered by many to be the most successful approach to couples counseling in the world today. It is one of the most well-researched and best validated approaches to couples therapy in North America. An astounding 86 percent of couples reported feeling happier in their relationships. This is in stark comparison to other forms of couples therapy which have been shown in studies to be only about 35 percent effective in healing relationships.