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
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Divorce
- Grief
- Journal
- LGBTQ
- Meditation & Mindfulness
- News
- Parenting
- Personal Growth
- Pet-Assisted Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Racism
- Relationships
- Self-Harm
- Shame
Being Real…Writing Your Way Through Cancer
For many people, writing is therapy. Personally, I am not one of the people who makes it a practice to journal, and I regret not doing so. The two times I faced cancer, I experienced feelings I had never even imagined before hearing the news, “You have cancer”. The feelings from this statement forward began […]
Her Cancer, My Peace
Sitting in one of my dearest friend’s living room this week, I was overwhelmed with my own feelings of peace, clarity, and calmness while talking with her… My feelings I had never experienced before. These are not the feelings I was expecting at all when a friend I have known for over 30 years is […]
Rethinking Racism With Our Children
col·or-blind unable to distinguish certain colors, or (rarely in humans) any colors at all. not influenced by racial prejudice. “a color-blind society” There is a myth (or lie) many parents choose to believe in our culture that young children are “colorblind” or in other words, do not notice race. I believe most of us have […]
Surviving Each Other, While Surviving the Pandemic
Oh no! I think my spouse was switched with someone else’s during the birth of the coronavirus. If you are seeing things about your significant other which are on your last nerve, you are not alone. In my practice, I have witnessed several couples go from the pleasures and excitement of spending more time together […]
Nightmares: 8 Ways to Empower Your Child
I have had an influx of my younger kids (6-13) report having “scary dreams” , “bad dreams”, and “nightmares” during the Covid-19 outbreak. This can be alarming and concerning for parents especially when this is out of the child’s normal behavior. In the article, I have laid out 8 ways we can help empower our kids […]
How to Instill Peace in Your Children
Children need more than ever to learn how to calm and re-center themselves in this world full of opportunities to get off-balance. The world is constantly providing us lessons, which we can use to remember that inside of us is everything we need including the ability to get calm and begin again. During the last […]
Home Art Therapy Activities for Kids
During these scary and confusing times, parents and caregivers share one common questions, “How is all of this affecting my kids?” A couple of friends in the neighborhood participated in a few art activities where kids use art to express their feelings. Activity 1: The Feeling Cookie This activity is simple; you can use any […]
Coronavirus 2020: Now What?
The coronavirus has forced many negative facets to our world and society. Fear, death, devastation, anxiety, stagnation, depression, sadness, loss, social isolation, separation, and reality. Our lives as we knew them have changed. I know mine has, and oddly, I pray I don’t ever selfishly return to the familiarity of my world as I knew it […]