Background

I am a Licensed Psychologist with more than 30 years experience in private practice. I have a strong commitment to working with people interested in maximizing their psychological health, and who are seeking more joyful, passionate, and purposeful lives. I am also trained as an Imago Relationship Therapist and am a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200) with Yoga Alliance.

I specialize in counseling adults, individuals, families, and couples, focusing on personal growth, self-awareness, and self-empowerment. I see people individually and in groups.

There is an emphasis on helping clients identify their innate strengths and positive attributes so they are happier and better able to meet the challenges of daily living with greater ease and self confidence.

I assist couples to become less reactive and more conscious in their interactions with one another. I teach them tools and practices for communicating constructively and effectively, whether the couple comes for pre-marital counseling, marriage counseling, or to learn how to co-parent more effectively.

For those who express a desire and a readiness to do so, I focus on psychological counseling as a spiritual path, assisting clients to enter into a deeply personal exploration of life’s meaning and purpose. As a life long student and practitioner of yoga, I integrate the healing power of yoga and meditation into my work. Clinical research and experience have demonstrated that both yoga and meditation have a positive effect on reducing anxiety, stabilizing mood, and enhancing performance.

I am a workshop presenter and lecturer. Some topics include:

• Because You’re Worth It? • Psychotherapy as a Spiritual Path? • Building Bridges to Understanding? • Conscious Parenting

I am part of the Executive Coaching team in the Executive Education Department at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI, where I was an Adjunct Professor from 1994-2004. Business leaders, executives and managers took my courses on effective managerial coaching and interpersonal skills, how to manage diversity within organizations, and leadership development through personal transformation.

I am well known for my work as a psychologist feature reporter on local and national newscasts, and have appeared as a psychologist expert on a variety of nationally syndicated radio and television talk shows, including seven appearances on the Oprah Show. I have also hosted my own radio talk show, Ask the Psychologist, on WXYT radio, Detroit, MI.

I am married and the mother of one son.