I have been doing this heart-centered inner-healing and personal transformation work for over 28 years. In 1976 I was one of the first physicians involved in the burgeoning holistic health movement in Mill Valley, CA, and in 1978 I co-founded HEARTSONG, a center for inner/emotional healing near Santa Cruz, CA. Academically, I am a graduate of Princeton University and the Tufts University School of Medicine.

For me, psychotherapy is a sacred experience. "Psyche" means soul in Greek, so the true meaning of psychotherapy is attending to or caring for the soul. My role is to help you connect more deeply with, and manifest the longings of, your soul.

I love what I do very much, and I truly enjoy being with the people who are drawn to me for help and guidance. I believe that the quality of connection between the therapist and the person seeking help is an extremely important factor in the healing process . . . perhaps the most important. In this regard, I want you to know that I am deeply committed to bringing to my time with you the highest, clearest energy of which I am capable. I am committed to being real and honest and as open as I know how to be. I am committed to being totally present when I'm with you and very sensitive to, and respectful of, your energy and your boundaries. Finally, I am committed to creating for you a warm, non-judgmental space where you can feel safe to be totally yourself and open to your soul's truth.

I believe that the energy of unconditional acceptance is the most powerful healing force in the universe. When we feel that we are being totally accepted, even with our wounding and our defenses, and when we know that we are being seen for who we really are beyond those defenses, we feel safe to take down our walls and let go of our masks and pretenses. In other words, when we feel truly accepted, we allow ourselves to become open and vulnerable. And this is where transformation occurs, because when we are vulnerable and our hearts are open, we begin to connect with the source of true inner strength, inner peace, inner wisdom, creativity and love that is our original being . . . our authentic self . . . our soul self.

I believe this is the essence of psychotherapy at its best. This is the energy which facilitates deep and lasting healing and the energy which helps us open to all we have within us to be. And this is the energy I am totally committed to bringing to my time with you.