Each day can be a new opportunity or a reenactment of the past. Entering a new relationship with hope, we fall into familiar patterns that undermine it. When we are engulfed by depression, overwhelmed by anxieties, dictated to by a compulsion to drink, use drugs, act out sexually, eat, gamble, or surf the web endlessly, we are in the grip of patterns that undermine our lives. Psychotherapy can help begin the healing that will free you to move on. Richard has over 35 years experience helping men and women, cope with depression, anxiety, grief, anger, recovery from addictions and the profound injuries of childhood abuse and neglect. He also helps couples deal with conflict and change. He earned his master's degree in 1982 with a thesis on marital counseling, has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1984, has taught at Sonoma State University and California State University, Hayward, and is an associate of the Men's Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy.
I am a Certified Hakomi Practitioner. This means I am skilled in using cutting-edge somatic counseling approach of Hakomi to explore challenging issues with my clients in a state of embodied mindfulness and to facilitate healing, bringing greater freedom and fulfillment in life. To support this, I share the movement inquiry of Continuum and somatic meditation practices to clients who are interested.
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LGBT individuals and couples, with a focus on depression, anxiety, sexuality, productivity and relationships issues.
