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Adult Psychotherapy

A Couple Walking

Adults usually seek psychological treatment when confronted with troubling or traumatic situations in their lives or the lives of loved ones. Relationship turmoil, work changes, and serious accidents and illness are examples of events that may become crises, especially in an age when our society's communal structures are no longer equipped to provide personal support.

After containing an initial crisis, people may begin to ask deeper questions about being and identity: "Is this all there is in life?" "Who am I after all?" "What must I do with my life?" Our practice focuses on these questions as a starting point for the exploration of the inner soul life.

Just as crises may lead us to seek psychological help, so may long-term conflicts surrounding our committed relationships or marriages. Our couple and family therapy explores how attentive listening to one's partner or spouse, along with healthy self-expression, balances the needs for closeness and separateness. We also address the differences in how women and men experience the seasons in long-term relationships and marriage. Understanding these differences can aid in working through conflicts and supporting individual choices for each partner while preserving their commitment to their relationship.


Last modified on 01.13.10

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KQED's Health Dialogues:
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February 2010: KQED's Health Dialogues explores the latest research on chronic pain and how to treat it. Guests include Dr. Robert Brody, chief of the Pain Consultation Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital and Dr. Scott Fishman, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at UC-Davis and president of the American Pain Foundation. Find more on the hourlong show here: "Health Dialogues: Pain."

L.A. Times: Families of autistic kids sue over cuts in therapy

February 2010: Families of autistic children in eastern Los Angeles County filed a class-action lawsuit today against the nonprofit agency that provides them with state-funded services, alleging that it had illegally discontinued their therapy for the disorder. The agency, the Eastern Los Angeles County Regional Center, informed more than 100 families late last summer that the therapy—known as the DIR model, or "developmental, individual difference, relationship-based"—was being eliminated for their children because of state budget cuts.

The therapy is the basis for a popular treatment known as Floortime, in which a therapist follows a child’s lead during play activities to build communication and social interaction skills.

Brain imaging may help diagnose autism

January 2010: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs, and measuring magnetic signals that mark this delay may become a standardized way to diagnose autism. Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported their findings in an online article in the journal Autism Research.

"More work needs to be done before this can become a standard tool, but this pattern of delayed brain response may be refined into the first imaging biomarker for autism," said study leader Timothy P.L. Roberts, Ph.D., vice chair of Radiology Research at Children’s Hospital.