Therapy is my passion and my calling, not a job. When I am with a client, I am 100% present with them, without expectation or judgment. I see my role as one of listening to understand, guidance, providing an alternative perspective, teaching skills for coping with disordered thing, and assisting clients with reframing their negative perceptions and self talk. I worked many years as a medical clinical social worker in the fields of women's health, cancer, caregiving, and finally serious mental illness in the fields of geriatrics, veterans, trauma, and psychotherapy in general. I took early retirement from the Veterans Medical Center in Clevela...