I'm a fully bilingual (English and Spanish) and bicultural licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Illinois (license number 149.004510) and Indiana (license number 34001001A) with over 37 years of practice experience. I am a 1985 graduate of the Crown Family School of Social Work Policy and Practice of the University of Chicago. I've practiced in a wide variety of clinical settings including schools, community mental health, healthcare, psychiatric departments, and criminal justice. I've worked with an array of age groups including children, adolescents, adults and seniors using modalities that include individual, group, couples, and family therapy.
My areas of expertise include:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
- Behavioral Issues
- Child or Adolescent issues
- Chronic Illness
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Infidelity
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Older Adults, Their Families, and Their Caregivers
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)