I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas. I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rice University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the University of Houston. I received my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Pacifica's programs are unique in the academic field of psychology. While maintaining rigorous academic standards found in any post-graduate training program for psychology, Pacifica adheres to its motto, "For the Sake of Tending the Soul of the World." As part of the curriculum, each student must engage in their own personal therapy, something that is no longer a common requirement for becoming a professional in counseling psychology.
Pacifica is also unique in that it trains their students in the tradition of Depth Psychology, recognizing the unconscious at work in our lives. The current standard of training in the United States focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. While CBT has some practical uses, it rarely addresses our symptoms as anything more than behavioral anomalies that can be changed with our thinking and behaviors alone, and does not take into account what the troubling symptoms might be truly saying or asking.
At Pacifica, I received training in Jungian Psychology, Self Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Family Systems Theory, Archetypal and Imaginal Psychology, Sandtray and Play Therapy, Gestalt, and Object Relations Theory.
I am a Diplomate Jungian Analyst trained at the CG Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. My education there was steeped in the tradition of analytical psychology, while also mastering the more recent trends in Depth and Psychodynamic therapy. In order to become an Analyst, there is likewise a requirement to continue my own personal work in therapy. Carl Jung was the first to impose such a requirement, and he referred to it as Training Analysis.
Pacifica is also unique in that it trains their students in the tradition of Depth Psychology, recognizing the unconscious at work in our lives. The current standard of training in the United States focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. While CBT has some practical uses, it rarely addresses our symptoms as anything more than behavioral anomalies that can be changed with our thinking and behaviors alone, and does not take into account what the troubling symptoms might be truly saying or asking.
At Pacifica, I received training in Jungian Psychology, Self Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Family Systems Theory, Archetypal and Imaginal Psychology, Sandtray and Play Therapy, Gestalt, and Object Relations Theory.
I am a Diplomate Jungian Analyst trained at the CG Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. My education there was steeped in the tradition of analytical psychology, while also mastering the more recent trends in Depth and Psychodynamic therapy. In order to become an Analyst, there is likewise a requirement to continue my own personal work in therapy. Carl Jung was the first to impose such a requirement, and he referred to it as Training Analysis.