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
Teaching Kids How to Deal with Disappointment
I see it several times a week in my private practice. Kids who don’t know how to handle disappointment much less know what it actually feels like to experience disappointment. I don’t know about you but my parents allowed me to experience disappointment and never sugar coated it when I did. Many kids (and adults) […]
Anxiety Relief With Three Easy Questions
I’m continuing our theme on anxiety for another month. This has been so life-changing for so many of my patients and followers. Reports of anxiety has increased significantly since the pandemic. I personally have a high percentage of patients coming into my practice specifically because of debilitating anxiety. This is a real and crippling issue. […]
How to Stop Anxiety From Running Your Life
Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure. People with anxiety disorders usually have recurring intrusive thoughts or concerns. They may avoid certain situations out of worry. They may also have physical symptoms such as sweating, trembling, dizziness, or a rapid heartbeat. Anxiety is not […]
Raising Mentally Healthy Kids
Research teaches us that securely attached children will get the most out of life and thrive to their fullest potential. It is important to understand how you can achieve this as a parent. Our attachment styles shape the way we approach, communicate in, and effect our relationships. It might even predict the quality and duration of those relationships. […]
Identifying Your Attachment Style
Have you ever wondered why every time you’re about to get close to someone, you shut down emotionally? Or why your jealousy flares even when you know you’re being irrational? On the other hand, perhaps you’re the type of person who slides easily into a relationship – jump in with both feet and then wonder […]
4 Warning Signs You’re in a Relationship with a Gaslighter
Gaslighting. Its become somewhat of a buzz word since becoming Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. We have covered both what gaslighting is in our first article: Word of the Year: Gaslighting. Then we talked about How To Protect Yourself From a Gaslighter. Now, I’d like to give you the warning signs that you are in […]
How to Protect Yourself from a Gaslighter
This month, we are talking all about gaslighting. In our last article: Word of the Year: Gaslighting, we dive into what gaslighting is and what common phrases gaslighters will use. If you don’t already know, gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse. Yes, is it a form of abuse. Gaslighting causes chronic stress and severe […]
Word of the Year: Gaslighting
Merriam-Webster says ‘gaslighting’ is the word of the year. Searches for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove significant spikes in the curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year. The gaslighting was pervasive. Gaslighting […]