I am a certified supervisor of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), have trained hundreds of clinicians in REBT, was trained by the creator, Albert Ellis, and served as his first Director of Research for several years.
I have led DBT groups and given public presentations and trainings on DBT to professional groups, and integrate DBT skills proven effective for emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and mindfulness.
I also utilize general CBT skills, including those from Cognitive Therapy (Beck), Young’s Schema Therapy, as well as those of Arnold Lazarus, Donald Meichenbaum, and others, and also Motivational Interviewing (MI), Reality Therapy, Existential Therapy, and related approaches.
I taught Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) at NYU for years and, along with Cognitive Therapy, REBT, and DBT techniques, use ACT as well.
I integrate all of these therapies when appropriate, or heavily weight one or a few depending on the specific needs of the client, based on their personality, history, presenting issues, goals, and what they are navigating at the moment.
In addition to helping to reduce a client’s suffering effectively, I also strive to work efficiently, while maintaining warmth and rapport throughout, working diligently to get improvements as quickly as possible. While working to reduce symptoms, I also lean heavily on positive psychology to enhance existing strengths, develop and cultivate skills and strengths that aren’t yet present, and enhance resilience, vitality, meaning, and overall life satisfaction and happiness.
The work can be about more than exclusively reducing suffering depending on the client’s goals. Clients can grow in every domain of their lives and functioning.
Beyond symptom reduction, sessions can address a wide range of life domains, including:
Sleep, nutrition, exercise, supplements, relationships, perfectionism, procrastination, productivity and efficiency, existential questions and meaning, values clarification, goal setting, effective communication, problem solving, decision making, and more.