Education/Credentials:

Licensed Psychologist

1976 - The University of Iowa, College Student Development

Therapeutic Approach:

As a therapist I prioritize the client-therapist relationship as the foundation for a successful therapy outcome. In my work, I attend to family and life history as a context for understanding current student issues and concerns. I enjoy helping students develop tools to address or to improve specific problem areas. I am especially sensitive to the developmental challenges that college students face. I am personally enriched by my opportunity to work with a college student population.

Clinical and Outreach Competency

I’m a generalist with special areas of competency and training in performance anxiety management for test-taking, public speaking, music and stage or theater work, improvement of academic skills, career choice exploration, grief and loss, life conflicts, peer relationship problems, and healing from past relationship pain. Life transition issues and grief and loss concerns are important to me. I am also happy to help students address and better manage difficulties with general anxiety and with depression. As a specialty area, I offer therapy from a Christian perspective upon student request.

Professional affiliation:

Member and steering committee member of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Outreach (AUCCCO)