A child’s inner world is revealed through their play. Unlike adults, children do not express themselves as much through talk as they do through play.

Children’s play mimics feelings, experiences, and dilemmas.

I work with children in identifying, expressing, and managing their feelings, building self-awareness, learning impulse control, and learning to tolerate big feelings. In parenting sessions, we will work to better understand your child’s experience, make sense of challenging behaviors, and practice limit-setting, and help you feel more competent and confident in your role as a parent.

ADD LINE ABOUT WORKING WITH KIDS WHO ARE NEURODIVERSE

As a child and family therapist, I work to establish trust with all members of the family.

I believe that by providing a safe, non-judgmental, and non-directive environment, children begin to express their internal and external conflicts.  It is through this process that a child can find relief. 

As a mother and therapist, I know how challenging the job of a parent can be.  I want to help make the experience of parenting less overwhelming and more enjoyable.

Together we will work to understand the specific needs and temperament of each child, acknowledge and better tolerate difficult situations unique to your family and ultimately create healthier child/parent, sibling and  family relationships. 

Working with parents without their children or adolescents in the room can be both effective and therapeutic. My goal is to collaborate with you and make sense of your own and your child’s feelings, experience and behaviors in an effort to build connection and mitigate conflicts.

I work with married, divorced and single parents helping them gain insight about each other’s experience in order to tolerate different points of view and reduce co-parenting conflict. While I can make referrals, I am not a custody evaluator.

Reflective Parenting is a relational approach to parenting that not only promotes self-regulation in children and parents, but also enhances all aspects of healthy child development. We call it Reflective Parenting because being reflective is what enables a parent to see a situation from their child’s perspective as well as your own.

During this 10-week group, we hope to engage in an experiential learning process that combines psychoeducation and respectful discussion of individual experiences. We hope that at the end of the group you will feel more confident and competent dealing with challenging behaviors and situations.

I also offer Reflective Parenting evidence-based curriculum to individual parents when a group program is not available.

Helping a young adult or teenager is a very complicated task. I work with parents without their children in the room to make sense of your child’s experience and behaviors in an effort to build connection and mitigate conflicts.

As parents, we worry about our adolescent and young adult children, especially when they are exhibiting risky behaviors (e.g., cutting/self-harm, substance use). Often we try to get them into treatment in order to resolve their harmful behaviors and underlying suffering. This is not always something that these adolescents or young adults believe they need.

Working alone with parents when kids are acting out or are resistant to treatment has enormous benefits for parents, your child and the whole family.