Don Waxman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, works with individuals, couples, families, and groups in Petaluma, California. Don has over twenty-five years experience starting-up and managing private sector and non-profit businesses. He has worked for Hospice as a bereavement and end-of-life counselor, and in school settings with emotionally and behaviorally challenged teens and their families. Don chose to enter the field of counseling psychology after being involved in other careers, because as he says, “When I am working with clients I am challenged to be the best human being I can possibly be.”

Don collaborates with clients to help them cultivate a more intimate and compassionate connection to what they are experiencing in the moment. He believes therapeutic change can occur as soon as the therapeutic encounter begins, and that it happens in small, but potentially very significant steps. He is committed to proceeding at each client’s unique pace, integrating complementary theories and techniques to personalize and tailor his approach to meet each client’s needs.