Is your spouse, lover, mom, dad, kids, or boss giving you fits? Are you worried about losing your job, your home, or both to the economic crisis? Life can hurt. You’re not nuts! You are human and you’re not alone.

You learned your current life skills when you were very young and now you’re running on autopilot. You’ve probably upgraded your computer, your wardrobe and your car several times. But how about your relationship skills? You can upgrade those too and learn new ways to manage painful feelings, stop dysfunctional thoughts and to replace dysfunctional behavior. You will still be you, but with better life skills.

Using cognitive behavioral therapy, I will help you learn healthy options for changing your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. This therapy is based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors, not other people, situations, or events. Since we can change the way we think, we can feel and act better even if the situation does not change.

Together, we can make change happen and lessen your pain.