I am an experienced clinical social worker, and have worked with a wide range of clients. I provide Individual Therapy for both adolescents and adults. I also provide group and family therapy as indicated. Family therapy is the only setting in which I work with children under 13. My main areas of expertise are Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma, including PTSD and C-PTSD.

After graduating from Rice University with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology, I worked at Houston Child Welfare Services. I realized how much I didn't know and went back to school. I completed my MSW from the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work in 1971. My experiences include being a Suicide Research Project Interviewer in Harris County's Ben Taub Hospital Level 1 Trauma and Emergency Room, working in Community Mental Health, serving as a Cottage Social Worker in a residential facility for adjudicated adolescents (Lincoln Hall), and becoming the Director of Community Services at Lincoln Hall in New York. These varied experiences have informed my work and how I approach my clients. I have been in private practice since 1976 while raising my children and later while working in various agency positions. I seek to be aware of and integrate the new modalities of therapy while keeping the good in the old ones.

Here are some of my methods, with links that delve deeper into their benefits:

• Eclectic Psychology

• AEDP

• Internal Family Systems

• Polyvagal Systems Theory

I currently have a small private practice using my 50 years of experience and continuing education to understand and help my clients. If you believe that we could be the right fit, do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you!