Early in my career, I realized how important and powerful the therapeutic relationship could be. This awareness occurred when a client came into session and quoted a statement I had made the previous week. At that moment, I realized that even statements that I viewed as insignificant could have a power effect on my clients. Since that experience I have had a new founded respect for the therapeutic process. In addition to providing therapy to individuals, couples, families and children, I am an associate faculty member of Saddleback College and a school counselor at a private school in San Juan Capistrano.
Every person is unique.
I'm less concerned about diagnosis than about identifying what is out of balance in body, mind and spirit. Imbalance causes stress which may manifest as either emotional or physical disturbance depending on constitutional factors. For example, chronic anger and bitterness may lead to an ulcer in one person, depression in another, and alcoholism in a third depending on genetic, personality and environmental factors. We all seek love. The therapeutic relationship is the foundation of psychotherapy and essential to healing.