Support for growing families, wherever you are in the journey.
I offer therapy for children, adolescents, parents, and adults navigating the many transitions that come with pregnancy, parenthood, and raising a family. My approach is warm, practical, and grounded in evidence-based treatments, while always considering the individual needs of you and your family.
Whether you’re struggling with your own mental health, concerned about your child, or feeling stuck in your relationship with your child, we’ll work together to better understand what’s happening and find strategies that fit your family.
Pregnancy & Perinatal Mental Health
You are not alone. You are not to blame. It’s not too early to ask for help.
I work with parents during pregnancy and postpartum, including those navigating complicated births, unexpected challenges, or a transition into parenthood that feels very different from what they imagined. Therapy can provide space to process difficult experiences, manage anxiety or depression, navigate changes in identity and relationships, and adjust to life as a parent.
Common concerns:
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
Fertility concerns
Grief and loss at any stage
Difficult birth experiences
Identity and relationship changes
Young Children
& Families
Young children often communicate through their behavior before they have the words to explain what they’re experiencing. Anxiety, big emotions, sleep difficulties, separation struggles, developmental differences, and challenging behavior can all leave parents wondering what to do next.
Therapy with young children often includes caregivers as an important part of the process. Depending on your child's needs, treatment may involve play, parent coaching, or evidence-based approaches such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).
ADHD & Neurodivergence
Support for children and families navigating ADHD, executive functioning challenges, emotional regulation, and developmental differences—including ADHD that may look different in girls.
ADHD and neurodivergence can affect much more than attention. Children may struggle with emotional regulation, flexibility, executive functioning, transitions, friendships, school, or feeling like they are constantly being corrected.
I have a particular interest in supporting children with ADHD, including ADHD in girls, which can sometimes be overlooked when symptoms don't fit the traditional picture. Therapy may focus on understanding your child's unique strengths and needs, building practical skills, and helping parents move from frustration and correction toward connection and support.
School Age & Adolescence
As children grow, their world becomes bigger—and so can their worries and challenges. School difficulties, anxiety, friendships, self-esteem, emotional regulation, family changes, and increasing expectations can all affect how a child feels and functions.
Therapy can give school-age children a place to develop coping skills, understand their emotions, build confidence, and work through challenges while also giving parents guidance about how to support them at home.
The teen years bring increasing independence, changing relationships, and a growing sense of identity. Adolescents may struggle with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationships, school stress, emotional regulation, or navigating the tension between needing support and wanting independence.
I provide a supportive space where adolescents can develop insight and coping skills while maintaining an appropriate level of parent involvement. When helpful, therapy can also address family relationships and communication.
How I work
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After receiving a request for services, I will provide a brief consultation call to see if we are a good fit for your therapeutic goals and my qualifications and approach to therapy. Then we will schedule an initial evaluation. A diagnosis is not required to participate in services.
Sometimes it can be helpful for parents to receive therapy so they can best meet the social and emotional needs of their child. In these circumstances, I can provide family counseling with or without the child present.
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Parent training or behavior training can be a highly effective treatment for young children ages 2-8 with behavioral concerns. Many children are referred by their pediatrician or psychologist for treatment in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD).
More information on PCIT and the efficacy behind PCIT can be found HERE.
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By using a HIPAA secure video platform, I am able to provide specialized mental health treatment to families across Washington state who may otherwise be limited in their treatment options locally. HIPAA compliant telehealth video appointments offer increased accessibility and convenience. Families are busy - work, school, extracurricular activities. Adding in an additional weekly therapy appointment can often take the back burner when it comes to scheduling. Research collected during the pandemic has confirmed the effectiveness of telehealth with Internet-PCIT (i-PCIT).
Parent-Based Treatment for Anxiety & OCD
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)
Some of the main anxiety problems treated with SPACE include:
Separation anxiety
Social anxiety
Generalized anxiety
Fears and phobias
Panic disorder
Selective mutism
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
SPACE was developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Center and has been tested and found to be efficacious in randomized controlled clinical trials.
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SPACE aims to treat children and adolescents with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Although children do not have to attend SPACE sessions - they are the patients! When SPACE treatment is successful children feel less anxious and function better following treatment.
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Parents (and other caregivers) participate in SPACE treatment sessions. In most cases the child or adolescent does not need to attend the treatment sessions.
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Parents who participate in SPACE will learn skills and tools to help their child overcome anxiety, OCD or related problems.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
—Viktor E. Frankl