Specializing In Helping Children, Adolescents, Couples & Families
FIND FREEDOM, ACCEPTANCE AND JOY
Welcome!
Everyone has something. Every family has something – something we struggle with, hoping it will magically disappear, fix itself, or that we can throw away.
We try stuffing away feelings of frustration, anxiety, anger, guilt, sadness, disappointment, fear, regret, or shame… Until they resurface again.
No matter what you or your family’s “something” is, identification and acknowledgement is the first step in beginning a personalized journey of discovery, understanding, awareness, and lastly, acceptance.
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
Whether I am working with frantic parents of a newborn, a toddler who has elected himself boss of the home, a child who has continues to disobey at school, an adolescent believing his parents are stupid, a broken-hearted college girl, a couple dealing with infidelity, or a family who has experienced the death of a child, I make a practice to meet my patients where they are emotionally.
I want each person I work with to know they do have a voice, and by becoming accountable, they can change their lives for the better.
Our Unique Approach
My patients describe me as having an “out-of-the-box” approach with kids as well as adults. My office is purposefully designed to not be the typical clinical setting. Having no desire for a standard office setting, I created instead an atmosphere of uniqueness, comfort, and safety.
My support team includes a 39-pound Sulcata Tortoise, our Golden Retriever therapy dog and chicks!
Our Unique Services
Mental Health Tools
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Adolescent Teens
- Anxiety / Worry
- Cancer
- Divorce
- Journal
- LGBTQ
- News
- Parenting
- Personal Growth
- Pet-Assisted Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Racism
- Relationships
- Self-Harm
Teen’s Sexual Addiction: Porn
I have been dealing with my own truth. A truth I was ashamed of and a truth I didn’t want to admit to. My truth is that I am addicted to porn. I am a 16-year-old decent guy. I have never smoked weed, tried to vape once, snuck alcohol from my parents twice, played soccer […]
In 2021, Understanding Teen Social Media Addiction
When the COVID-19 pandemic first bolted down schools nationwide last spring, many teenagers were ecstatic. They could sleep in, wear pajamas all day, spend hours on social media. No homework. They could just chill. “At first, it was this cool thing,” kids reported in the beginning, but that coolness did not last for long. A […]
Don’t Ignore the Stench!
Over the past year, I have been asked by various colleagues, professionals, patients and friends, “what are you seeing the most of in your office since the pandemic?” My response is basic – Whatever issues people were dealing with, or trying NOT to deal with before the pandemic, have grown more prevalent, more severe. The […]
It’s Not About The Poop
Our series of articles continues this month with a focus on the emotional destruction and struggle brought on by the pandemic. We’re all feeling it, directly or indirectly. Maybe not all the time, maybe not everyday. But when it comes It can feel like a heavy smothering blanket, leading us to feelings of sadness, anxiety, […]
Dealing with the Dark Stuff in a Pandemic
To describe the last 11 months as a roller coaster of emotions would be a massive understatement. We’ve all watched and listened to the seemingly hourly developments in the early days of the pandemic. Changing reports of symptoms, conflicting recommendations on what’s safest, mixed signals on transmission data… And today we’re locked in the draining […]
Sexting: A Young Teens Struggle
Our series of articles written by my patients continues this month with a letter from a young woman in her early teens. The pressure on teens today to gain approval through social media is huge and has real effects on their emotional and mental states. The reasons vary but essentially kids “sext” to gain approval, […]
Teen’s Journal Entry: Cutting
This is a journal entry written by one of my clients, who agreed for me to share this with you. My goal in using this is to bring to the light the terrible emotional suffering so many people, especially young people, carry EVERYDAY. Cutting (a form of self-harm) is more than a simple call for […]
Part 3: Creating Room for Empathy
As we continue our series covering IMAGO therapy (taken from How to Get the Love You Want), we’ll hear again from one of my male patients to get a real-life guy’s perspective on his work and experience. This is a real couple going through real, sometimes very tough circumstances, just like you and me. Our […]