Dr. Cole has a Bachelor’s degree, two Masters Degrees and a Doctorate in Psychology. She is a certified hypnotherapist, and licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in California.  She has been the director of several licensed treatment facilities, including an internationally recognized eating disorder clinic. Her twenty-plus years of clinical experience includes inpatient, outpatient, residential, and private practice settings with individuals, couples, families and groups.  In addition to treatment direction and therapist training and supervision work, she has authored several self-help books, and is also one of only a few interventionists who both practices and trains other therapists and interventionists in a specialized eating disorder and chemical dependency intervention method.  

Dr. Cole has a stellar international reputation for providing excellent clinical care due to maintaining only the very highest of professional standards.  Often referred to as a ‘therapist’s-therapist’, she utilizes brief solution-focused therapy and hypnosis techniques which contribute to effective outcomes in very few office visits.  She believes that those who contact her want to ‘get unstuck’ as quickly as possible, and offers single-session intensive therapy, where appropriate, for those who seek solutions right away.

Dr. Cole has over twenty years of extensive experience in successfully treating the following issues:

• Anxiety
• Fear
• Trauma
• Self-esteem
• Relationships
• Career
• Sexuality

• Codependence
• Body Image
• Assertiveness
• Life Transitions
• Trust
• Communication skills
• Spirituality

• Couples Issues
• Leadership
• Athleticism/Excellence
• Conflict Resolution
• Women’s Issues
• Men’s Issues
• Grief