Our flawed mechanisms of PERCEPTION and THOUGHT are not cause for grief (though they bring us grief), but an opportunity to EVOLVE, for an internal evolution of consciousness that will also make possible in a sustainable form our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress.
- B.K.S Iyengar
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who grew up on the island of Oahu. I have been working with children and families since 2001. I have spent a lot of time working with children and families affected by autism/developmental disabilities or behavioral issues (Autism, Oppositional defiance disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Children with difficult behaviors, and Down syndrome)
I specialize in counseling individuals and couples dealing with life stressors, children and adolescents/teenagers going through transitional issues, and children and families affected by autism or developmental disabilities.
I strongly believe that you already have everything you need within yourself. With tough situations in life, we cover and hide how we truly feel for fear of rejection or hurt, and mask those feelings with anger, guilt or shame. Through acceptance of yourself and your situations, you can see obstacles and challenges as opportunities towards personal growth. When we think about the past we feel depressed. When we think about the future we feel anxious. By integrating experiences from our past into our present, we can begin to grow from our mistakes or negative experiences. This is the process of life. I would like to help guide you in overcoming your internal and external challenges leading you in a direction you want to go. I would like to help you understand yourselves first so that you can be compassionate and understanding of others. Through personal experience, I have learned that we are our greatest teachers. However, when our emotions are involved, it is very difficult to see our solutions clearly. It is beneficial to have a non-judgmental, unbiased resource to guide you to find the answers within yourself.
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