Individual Therapy

In my private practice, I work with adolescents, young adults and adults into their 50s. My clients come with issues of ADHD and Executive Functioning, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, social anxiety, trauma, relationship conflicts and life transitions. We focus on shame vs. guilt vs. blame, establishing and maintaining boundaries, facing your mistrust and fears, understanding your triggers and what emotional regulation skills work best for you, and (re)discovering your authenticity. All of this begins once we explore and establish the mind-body connection.

These are the foundational clinical beliefs I practice from - acceptance and change are not opposites, validation is a crucial intervention, skills can be taught at any age, it’s necessary to meet people exactly where they are, your suffering can become your purpose, and there is wisdom in trauma as it can be a powerful mentor. Who are you beyond your name, beyond your fears, beyond your identity, your family, and your past?

Parent and Family Therapy 

Gabor Maté said, “Children swim in their parents’ unconscious (the atmosphere at home) like fish swim in the sea”. Our children absorb our moods and interpret our nervous system. We come into this role influenced by how we were parented, as well as by what our experience of being a child and teenager was like. Additionally, when one is a parent of a child with high needs and/or various diagnoses, we are often in uncharted territory and are presented with a whole other set of expectations, responsibilities and systems.

Parent and Family Therapy is an opportunity to learn about the developmental stages of your child plus the necessary coping skills to have the presence to look at your child’s actions and interactions through a lens of curiosity in order to respond to the message they are trying to communicate rather than responding only to the behavior. This does not mean accepting the unacceptable; rather it’s an opportunity to be clear about your family values and reinforce your family rules and boundaries.

We will discuss different parenting styles: authoritative vs. permissive and authoritarian vs. overprotective. We will discuss raising resilience children today, how stress is both a stimulus and a response, the importance of co-regulation, and emotion coaching techniques to build self-esteem in your child. We will discuss the inevitable but necessary reality of rupture, and the key to repair in building interpersonal bridges with your child. We will discuss understanding your child’s needs and expectations within your attachment relationship.

Each set of parents and family is unique, so the frequency and duration of parent sessions as well as family sessions will depend on a mutually agreed upon goal between us. The sessions will be based on what is in the best interest of the treatment plan. 

Clinical Expertise 

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)

  • Family Based Therapy (FBT)

  • Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCTA)

  • Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)

  • Integrated Trauma Studies from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, NYC

  • Positive Discipline - Certified Parent Educator