LCSW & ASSOCIATES, PC CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK/THERAPIST, LCSW
Services
Qualifications
Years in Practice: 23 Years
School: Case Western Reserve University
Year Graduated: 1982
License and State: 149006168 Illinois
Specialties
Depression
Relationship Issues
Child or Adolescent
Issues
ADHD
Anxiety
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
Grief
Life Coaching
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Parenting
Trauma and PTSD
Mental Health
Impulse Control Disorders
Mood Disorders
Treatment Approach
Therapeutic Approaches
Individual Psychotherapy: To address anxiety, depression and improve frustration tolerance.
Family Therapy (PRN).
Tenets of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Strategies: To identify negative and self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.
Tenets of Dialectical Behavioral Strategies: To be mindful of the moment, not to dwell on the past or attempt to predict the future. The patient will be coached to attempt a daily positive personal agenda to be completed by each day’s end.
Tenets of Acceptance Commitment Therapy Strategies: The patient will be urged to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings and values are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent him/her from moving forward with their life.
Task Centered Therapy Strategies with equal Patient/Therapist Responsibilty.
Patient will be encouraged to journal and complete assignments between sessions for session.