Welcome
Finding the right therapist can feel difficult, and bring up many questions: Is this person going to be able to help me? Can he or she really understand me? How do I know if the therapist is well-qualified? Here on this website, I’d like to help answer these concerns by providing you with some useful information about my approach to psychotherapy, as well as my personal background, professional experience, and some areas of focus in my practice.
Until now, you may have been able to manage your problems on your own or with the help of a good friend or family member. However, certain challenges may continue to reappear, and their effects can become more pronounced over time. If this is happening to you, we can discuss ways that working with me in psychotherapy could help to resolve your problems and lead to a more fulfilling life.
Background & Experience
Background & Experience
Background & Experience
I am a licensed psychotherapist with a master’s degree in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and have gained extensive clinical experience in private practice as well as highly specialized clinics in the Los Angeles area, working with individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds.
Prior to becoming a therapist, I had a successful career in the technology field, and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math and science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). My combined experience in both psychology and technology has allowed me to help clients explore their emotional issues while grounding our work in the requirements of practical reality.
In addition, I immigrated to the United States from Croatia 30 years ago, and came out as a gay man at about the same time, which has given me first-hand experience of navigating multiple levels of cultural adjustment.
Approach
Background & Experience
Background & Experience
I believe that individualized treatment is paramount for success of the therapeutic process. My work is deeply grounded in psychodynamic theories, while also integrating techniques from humanistic, cognitive-behavioral (CBT), narrative, systems, sex therapy, and other relevant modalities.
Depending on clients’ challenges and motivations, therapy could be short-term, focused on resolving specific challenges, or it could be longer-term, exploring experiences in your family-of-origin, setting your challenges in a wider cultural context, or working with the unconscious psyche.
Areas of focus
- Relationships & Intimacy -- including dissatisfaction or conflict within the relationship, lack of communication or sexual intimacy, rekindling of desire, and dating
- Addictive use of substances and behaviors -- including misuse of drugs and unboundaried sexual behaviors, including working with gay men contending with the use of crystal meth and other party drugs
- LGBTQ+ -- including development of self-acceptance and love, learning to relate to others, finding our place within (and outside of) the LGBTQ+ community, and contending with the painful impacts of homo and transphobias
- Complex relational styles (open, poly, and kinky) -- including helping clients manage the complexity of expended relational styles, development of languaging and boundaries for open, poly, and/or kinky relationships
- Anxiety, depression and trauma – including lack of motivation and direction in life, finding meaning and goals, and resolving the negative impact of past trauma
- Work and career challenges – including work conflict, lack of motivation, exploration of new opportunities, and development of effective work relationships
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