Whether you are making changes within yourself or adjusting to  changes around you - having specialized support can be essential.   My first step is to build nurturing relationship with you based on acceptance and  support.- getting to know your unique strengths and lending compassion for your pain.  With this strong  foundation we can explore alternatives so that you  can find a better balance in life.   We will work both on adjusting your individual emotional and behavioral patterns while also exploring how to make changes in  your daily life that can bring relief.  

Personal Challenges:

• Persistent Sadness 
• Constant Worry
• Challenges with  relationships
• Stress Overload – lack of sleep, irritability, inability to  focus

Challenges in Supporting  Others:

• Caring for a loved-one  with medical illness or disability, or who is aging
• Living with a partner/spouse, or  parent who struggles with mental illness
• Parenting a child with behavior challenges 
• Struggling with stressors specific  to helping professions (aka: burnout, vicarious  trauma)

Challenges Adjusting to Life's  Changes:

• Life Cycle Transitions:  birth of a child, marriage, child leaving home, retirement, aging
• Managing  Work - Family Balance
• Loss of employment within the family
• Changes in family composition, marriage, divorce, blending families