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One of the foundational ideas of Imago Therapy is that we were all born into relationships (into the hands of our caregivers) and we were all wounded in relationships (by those same hands or others who raised us), and so it is only natural that our healing will also be in the context of a relationship. Parents and children share a profound connection that can offer so much safety and stability and joy. And when that connection is strained or severed, both parents and children (no matter how old they are) experience profound pain.

 

I’ve been in private practice as an MFT for 25 years, and I specialize in the practice and study of complex issues associated with estranged families (parent/s and adult children). I help parents who feel loss and despair, who are desperate for answers, to reconnect with their adult children. In cases where the adult child truly does not wish to reconcile, I help parents feel less alone as they contend with the intense feelings (guilt, shame, grief), and help them to find ways to live meaningful lives regardless of their child’s presence.

 

If an adult child is open to a process of reconciliation, I offer a way to express themselves to their parents so that they’ll feel seen, heard, and understood like never before. I offer both sides a sense of safety and validation. I offer a new way of connecting as a family.

 

As an experienced and innovative couples therapist, I help couples in the least painful and most expedient and efficient way. My goal is to help couples experience again the feelings they first experienced with each other when they fell in love. I do this by helping them create a sense of safety between them, of seeing the space between them as a sacred place, where they get to experience feeling loved and to be loving. Safety in a relationship brings back intimacy and passion. With my guidance, both partners feel heard and seen, and this sense of connection brings back joy, closeness, and a willingness to find a way to deal with any conflict that comes up together.