Elizabeth Senn

Elizabeth Senn is psychotherapist with 20 years post graduate clinical experience. Her successful private practice relates to her reputation in the community as a clinician with special expertise in several areas of treatment. Not only has she been involved in the training and guidance of other therapists in her specialities, but she is an inveterate conference and workshop attender and keeps abreast of state of the art treatment techniques. Her philosophy of treatment includes a tremendous respect for the self healing power of each individual, a holistic view which recognizes the importance of balancing and integrating the spiritual and physical with emotional healing, and a belief that the most effective therapy can be completed within an expeditious time framework. She is a preferred provider with over 25 managed care companies and is a managed care friendly clinician.

 

The following is a list of her areas of expertise:

 

Agoraphobia, panic disorders and other anxiety disorders including obsessive/compulsive problems (excessive hand washing, checking locks of thoughts that won't go away ), effective and efficient treatment techniques for these problems.

 

Sexual abuse/ Post Traumatic Stress disorder ( any post trauma which causes psychological distress), state of the art trauma/healing techniques including E.M.D.R.

 

Group for female survivors of sexual abuse.

 

Depression/Mood Disorder- 20 years of successfully treating this problem.

 

Family and Marital Therapy- 20 years of successful treatment of families and couple. A focus for couples is Imago techniques.

 

Children and Adolescents: Office space includes a playroom with state of the art equipment that includes sand tray and therapeutic games. Treatment includes metaphorical storing telling and take home tapes. Child and adolescent specialties include treatment of sexual abuse and other trauma, obsessive/compulsive disorders, behavior problems, depression and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (A.D.H.D.)