 I am Board Certified
in Rehabilitation Psychology by the American Board of
Professional Psychology (ABPP), and I am an Assistant
Clinical Professor of both Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
at the Northwestern University Medical School.
In my work, I am often called
upon to integrate my advanced training in clinical
neuropsychology, family therapy, and sex therapy. Probably
far more significant, though, are my core beliefs about
psychotherapy: I am of the conviction that psychotherapy
is a fundamentally sacred process, not a technical
procedure.
In the overwhelming
majority of instances, the true purpose of psychotherapy
should be expressed in the genuine response–accurate
and selfless–of a psychotherapist to some crisis in
the way that another person experiences their humaness–not
in manipulations to engineer a treatment for psychiatric
disorder. The single most important activity of psychotherapy,
therefore, is the establishment of a committed but
non-possessive relationship in which the authentic
dialogue of mutuality can occur.
I firmly believe that this kind of
mutual coming-into-relationship between two people, meeting
face-to-face, is the necessary condition for psychological
and spiritual healing. This humanizing relationship must
be radically individualized and fully confidential. Most
of my energies as a psychotherapist are devoted to seeing
that these conditions are met to the greatest extent
possible.
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