Adult Therapy

My aim in therapy is to provide you with a safe space in which to take time to reflect on your underlying emotions and patterns of behavior. Together we will shed light on how your current and past relationships, along with life events and other challenges, are impacting your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, body, and personal connections today. Through this reflection and my gentle, honest feedback, we will identify what is holding you back from living as fulfilled a life as possible. Once we identify these barriers, we will work together to help you make alternative choices that will allow you to be healthier, feel freer, and to establish deeper, more compassionate, connections with yourself and others.

Child and Adolescent therapy

Young children (aged four to ten) and I engage in child-directed play therapy. This means that the child gets to choose the agenda and focus of therapy, which allows me to gain insight into the child’s inner world, and his/her worries and needs. This way of conducting therapy gives the child a chance to feel a sense of power and to gain an understanding that his/her inner life is worth attending to and is inherently valuable. And, together, in the play, we can work through the patient’s feelings, repairing hurts and building resilience.

With children aged ten to 13 (and sometimes older, depending on the child’s interests and stage of development), I use a collaborative approach, giving space for the child to direct the agenda and focus of the therapy, while also gently guiding the child to verbalize more of his/her thoughts and feelings.

Adolescents and I usually engage in talk therapy. The adolescent is given space to lead the conversation, and I assist the patient in attending to his/her feelings throughout the session. Typically, much work is done within our relationship, as the adolescent reacts to ways in which s/he perceives me as similar to or dissimilar from other adults in his/her life. In this way, the patient has the opportunity to gain understanding of his/her own mind and experiences, as well as interpersonal dynamics that arise as s/he interacts with others.

Parent Guidance

If your parenting techniques do not seem effective with your child(ren) or you don’t feel as close to your child(ren) as you wish, parent guidance may provide you the support you need. While conducted similarly to therapy (in sessions with an individual or with both parents), parent guidance differs, in that it tends to be more focused on a single issue or constellation of issues. I provide you direct advice about connecting with your child(ren) and about changing behaviors within individuals and the family as a whole, while keeping central what is developmentally appropriate for the child(ren).  

*Please note, I do not provide Parenting Coordination, which is court ordered, co-parenting assistance.