Welcome!
I am an experienced psychotherapist (LCSW) working in Evanston, IL. I travel to the Sacramento, California area 3-4 times a year to teach my unique co-parenting classes. In addition, I offer a wide array of online services. Please see summaries of my services below. I hope you’ll explore the rest of my website as well where I offer blogposts and much more!
Psychotherapy:
Evanston, IL Office
Specializing in:
Self-growth. Relationships. Divorced Co-Parenting. Parenting. Family Issues. Difficult Emotions(anger, anxiety, depression and grief). Life transitions. Individuals, couples, families.
Emphasizing:
Mindfulness, acceptance, self-compassion and emotional intelligence.
I approach my work with a unique blend of pragmatism, cultivation of self-understanding and skill building.
916-933-5011 to schedule an appointment.
Online Services:
Divorced Co-Parenting Tools for Professionals
Telehealth (Video Sessions: California and Illinois only)
Co-Parenting Classes El Dorado Hills, CA
Weekend Intensives
Join me and a small group of participants for a weekend of life-changing learning and group discussion.
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no matter how difficult your co-parent is!
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Resources for Therapists, Mediators and Attorneys
Online CEUS for LCSWs, LMFTs, LCPCs
Learn unique clinical approaches to offering help to divorced co-parents. Approved by NASW for 6 CEUs
Tools for Working with Clients
Find out about “Class Packs” “Book Packs”
and other resources for working with co-parents
The Must-Read Book for Every Co-Parent!
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Co-Parenting Tips and Advice
From the Blog
Why Do Co-Parents Need Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is an amazing tool that can be extraordinarily helpful in co-parenting. Here are just a couple of the many ways that mindfulness helps in co-parenting. Mindfulness helps co-parents stay in control of emotions that unchecked can cause a lot of...
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Seven Guidelines for Answering Children’s Questions about Divorce
Why did you and Daddy get divorced? Why don’t you love Mommy anymore? Daddy said it was your fault that you got divorced. What did you do? My friend said that Mommy had an affair. Is that true? Co-parents can get baffled about how to answer these kinds of...
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The Irony of Fighting Over “Children’s Best Interests”
Co-parents often fight over what is in the children's best interest. People throw around the phrase “in the best interest of the child” as if it an absolute, concrete, set in stone thing. It usually isn’t. Co-parents think that their idea of what is in the...
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