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
You’re Not Going Crazy… You’re Just Codependent
Definition of codependency: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person manifesting low self-esteem and a strong desire for approval has an unhealthy attachment to another often controlling or manipulative person. Who are you without Nathan? I recently asked Amanda. “Well, I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and an attorney.” “Okay, let me ask […]
11 Signs You Grew Up in a Toxic Family
Some of us can easily recognize the toxicity in our family systems. In these cases, the dysfunction is straight up there…in the middle of the room and we all know it. Others of us will dismiss our experiences as normal or even as deserved. We justify, ignore, or pretend the dysfunction never happened because we […]
How to Get Out of a Toxic Relationship
Okay, you wake-up and find ourself in a dysfunctional or toxic relationship. Probably not. It has been an underlining force of nature rearing its ugly head for a long time but you were not ready to address it. Still not sure that you’re even in a toxic relationship? Read my recent article on When is […]
When is a Relationship Declared “Toxic”?
I hear patients link the words “relationship” and “toxic” together quite often when they find themselves in a relationship that has proven to be a merry-go-round of emotions. I feel many times people will refer top their relationship as “toxic” yet, they don’t actually understand the ramifications of a truly toxic relationship. So, what exactly […]
Thought Work Will Change Your Life
This topic has literally changed my life. When I changed my thought life, my whole world changed… including my health. It all begins with how you see yourself. A negative self-concept can lead to an unending cycle of negative thoughts. Do you find yourself in a cycle of negative thoughts? It all stems from how […]
It All Starts With Our Mindset
It started with a rat. One rat. That was doable. One rat. I didn’t give it much thought until I realized rats must procreate at astronomical speeds. Well, mine did. I started hearing scrambling noises when I went to my shed to feed my chickens, gather eggs, or let them out every morning. Still didn’t […]
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 […]