With depression and anxiety, I try to help my clients develop the tools and skills to counteract their depressive thoughts that may be at the core of their mood disorder. We identify “cognitive errors” in our thinking and learn how to challenge these depression inducing thoughts. The outlook of a person experiencing anxiety is often pessimistic or fearful, so I try to help them create a new mindset and different types of thought patterns that may interrupt their catastrophic thinking (i.e., “What if…..). I think of it as helping them get back on the road to rationality.

I also specialize in sports psychology and performance enhancement and have been working in that specialty for over 27 years. I am now a Certified Mental Performance Coach (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sports Psychology (AASP). Currently, I work as an independent consultant to student-athletes and athletic teams at the University of San Diego (USD) and have done so for the last six years..

I offer therapy services in:

• Couples Counseling
• Men’s Issues
• Family Therapy
• Parent Coaching
• Coping with Chronic Sisease
• Managing Work-Life Balance Issues
• Stress Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Sexual Health Issues (e.g., out-of-control sexual behavior).