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7. How I Work
8. Theoretical Orientation
9. Writing and Resources
   1. Getting the Most Out of Psychotherapy
   2. The Transformative Power of Dreams
   3. My Dissertation on Jung's Kundalini Seminar
10. My Background
11. Office Directions
12. Fees and Insurance

No charge for initial therapy consult,* which is arranged through a telephone conversation. Reasonable, sliding scale fees.

 

Phone: 415.271.2350

Note: Given the quirkiness of cell phones and electronic communications, your phone number may not come through on my voicemail. If I don't call you back, please try again or request a call by e-mail. I check voice and e-mail messages daily and respond reliably.

Office visits only. Why I don't offer online or phone therapy.

San Francisco Office & Mailing Address

582 Market St., Suite 715, San Francisco, CA 94104

 

Marin County Office

100 Tamal Plaza, Suite 160, Corte Madera, CA 94925

For directions, see Locations.

 

Theoretical Orientation

My theoretical orientation is integrative, which means that I adjust my work to the individual's or couple's unique needs, using what I've learned from a variety of psychological approaches. It's not unusual for people looking at the list below to see what appears to be a patchwork of theory. However, I've found that many of these approaches provide their own perspectives on the same underlying phenomena. The major therapeutic approaches that inform me include:

• Depth work: Jungian interpretation and dreamwork, transpersonal, object relations and psychodynamic theory (developmental view of attachment and character structure)
• Brief therapy: solution-focused, cognitive restructuring (helping you revise how thoughts can make thinking rigid and drive dysfunctional moods and behavior), social learning theory (how life experiences helps shape our behavior, beliefs and responses)
• Psychoeducation - teaching psychological concepts and findings to help you understand your thoughts, behaviors and issues
• Psychiatric/medical psychology, including work with clients who have achieved long-term stability on psychiatric medication
• Integrative, non-dogmatic orientation to spirituality and religion grounded in more than 25 years of personal meditation practice; study of world traditions and original writings of C. G. Jung; study of parapsychological research; study of cults and coercive group indoctrination.

 

* All initial appointments are arranged through a brief phone call so I can get a general sense of the issues you're addressing. I also ask questions to make sure that your needs are likely to fit within my scope of practice (areas of training and expertise). If those issues are outside my scope of practice, instead of meeting, I try to offer referrals to therapists or community resources with the appropriate specialization. 24-hour notice is required to reschedule the no-charge visit once only.