I work with adult individuals and children aged 2-18 and their families/caregivers. I focus on supporting clients to creatively turn their pain into coping skills, missed connections into secure relationships, and problematic behaviors into strengths and resiliency. I focus on practical, real-world strategies that build security and connection through a balance of nurture, engagement, structure, and challenge. These strategies are a resource that can then be utilized through different life experiences, stages, and adversity. I support children and caregivers alike to learn new ways of responding, guiding, and supporting one another.
I also work with parents to identify ways in which their own attachment history and family of origin experiences may be influencing their current parenting strategies and family dynamics. Parenthood is hard and my role is to highlight your strengths, build effective strategies, and support any needs for healing in a way that feels nurturing and validating.
I work with adults struggling with unworthiness, difficulty organizing or tolerating emotions, or relationship patterns that don’t feel satisfying. Where you have needed to build protections or believe that secure connection or safety is not available to you, I can help you to work through the unresolved pain that limits your present reality.