Kids & Teens.  Playfulness, problem solving, and connection -- these are the main ingredients in my therapeutic work with children. Our psychotherapy will begin with joining and trust building so that we're on the same team aligned against the presenting challenges. What follows is an intensely creative process that empowers kids to identify their own goals and learn how to reach them. I am very attuned to each child's developmental stage and communication preferences, and often use art, games, metaphors, role playing, and other creative ways to help children express their thoughts and feelings and learn new skills. Other than individual therapy, sessions may include parent consultation, couple therapy, family therapy or any combination thereof to support helpful parent-child and sibling interactions.

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Adults.  Adults often come to therapy when there are struggles with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, difficult transitions, parenting issues, or a career crisis. Individual therapy offers a safe space to honor your perspective and explore areas of your life in which you seek to create change. Working together, we'll identify your goals by looking into what is going well as well as obstacles to thriving. Therapy will act as a home base for charting new pathways for change.

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Families.   Families are complex ecosystems; the well being of each individual is intricately connected to the well being of the family as a whole. Conversely, challenges impacting the family may affect each family member in different and unpredictable ways. Family therapy can be enormously helpful when families are experiencing:

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• intense, unremitting conflict;

• a sibling with special needs;

• a family member with a mental health diagnosis;

• poor boundaries;

• emotional distance;

• communication difficulties; or

• any important transitions.

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Within the safe space of the family therapy setting, old, unproductive patterns can be replaced with new approaches for handling conflicts and hardships.

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Couples.  When a relationship is going well, partners support each other through life's ups and downs. Conflicts become opportunities to deepen your connection and grow closer. However, sometimes partners trigger intense reactions in each other, and then suddenly one's relationship can seem more like a minefield. Old conflicts can become entrenched and unresolved. Couple therapy offers a safe space to:​

 

• identify your relationship's unique patterns and "dance steps;"

• honor each other's strengths and challenges;

• increase joy, intimacy and connection;

• learn to stay present during intense moments;

• increase curiosity and empathy;

• increase communication skills;

• heal from past betrayals; and

• gain clarity and closure from old wounds.

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Friendships. Friendships can be as complex, rich, fulfilling and confusing as intimate partnerships. Friendship therapy, applying the same principles used in couple therapy, can provide a safe context for reconnecting after a period of estrangement, healing from a betrayal, or navigating important changes and transitions.