I am West Los Angeles based psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, severe depression and social anxiety. I see individuals, couples and families and also lead a weekly AMAC (Adults Abused as Children) support group at the Family Resource Counseling Center.

"Therapists who work with adults abused as children have one overriding goal, that is to repair the client's self-image.  Once the client's self image is repaired, he or she is on the road to full r...

Group therapy can be the most nurturing and also the most challenging form of therapy.  It is highly effective.  While it doesn't replace individual therapy, it can be a great adjunct and a final step...

Emotional abuse is not considered as serious as physical or sexual abuse.  But it is.  The  thoughts and poetry contained here were written by a 13 year old girl after having endured years of emotiona...

How and why people physically harm themselves in order to control emotional pain

profiles of the type of women who sexually abuse their own or other children

The psychological impact on daughters who have been sexually abused by their mothers.

“A Social Problem Does Not Exist For A Society Until It Is Recognized By That Society To Exist” – H. Blumer  

There is a connection between prolonged depression as an adult and abuse, whether sexual, physical and/or emotional, in childhood.

The truth about sexual feelings in an abusive relationship