Debra Jedeikin is a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist with 15 years experience. She is also an Early Childhood and Parenting Consultant. Debra is particularly interested in healing relationships within families through offering an understanding of each individual's perspective. In this context compassionate communication is able to develop. She works from a psychodynamic perspective.

Debra worked extensively in the gay and lesbian community in Zimbabwe Africa for 9 years. She helped several individuals through their coming out process and worked with many couples who were becoming families through adoption and donor insemination. She also treated gay and lesbian couples in conflict. On a personal note, Debra was a member of a group of new mothers, 4 out of 9 who were lesbian moms. They met weekly to have their babies play with one another and to share parenting ideas, support and good food!

Adult Individual Psychotherapy:
" I believe that the individual's psychotherapeutic journey is as unique as the individual. I work collaboratively with my clients to make sense of their suffering. We work towards liberating them from pain into a state of emotional well -being, a reunion with the Self and a fulfilling future."

Couples Counseling: "I work with couples to enhance and heal the relationship through the development of conflict resolution skills, mutual respectful communication and physical and emotional intimacy".

Children / Play Therapy: "Children need to be emotionally met at their own level using a developmentally appropriate approach".

Debra uses play therapy to help her younger clients through puppets, art, books and games. She specializes in early childhood and parent education for behavioral and social issues at home and school.

"Welcome! I respect your decision to take this first step. Please call me for a complimentary telephone session. "

Education:
Master of Arts Degree Clinical Psychology. Graduated Cum Laude.
Doctor of Psychology Degree in Process
Sand Tray Therapy Certification in process

Specialties:
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Adolescents, Anger Management, Anxiety, Assertiveness Training, Career Stress and Changes, Clinical Depression, Children, Communication Skills, Couples/Relationships/Families, Creative Solutions, Divorce/Dissolution, Gay/Lesbian Issues, Gender Identity Issues, Grief/Loss Terminally Ill, Individual, Life Transitions, Mediation, Parenting, Play Therapy, Pre-Marriage Counseling, PsychoEducational, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Step/Blended Families, Self Esteem/Personal Growth, Stress, Sand Tray Therapy, Women's Issues, Working With Therapists, Depression

Theoretical Orientation:
Behavioral, Brief/Solution Focused Therapy, Communications, Developmental/Depth, Eclectic (Many Therapies), Family Systems, Humanistic/Existential, Narrative, Object Relations, Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Self Psychology, Systems

Memberships:
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists California Association of Play Therapy. International Association of Play Therapy