Our Services
We believe in supporting the whole person, family, and community. Our services reflect our integrity and commitment in starting with you wherever you are, and guiding you to get to wherever you want to be.
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
We use a holistic approach to work toward accepting and reducing the struggles of childhood and adolescence, while returning to the mindful joy of growing up. Some of the challenges we may approach include:
Worries about friendships and/or parents
General anxiety, sadness, depression, or anger
Social anxiety
Somatic complaints
Body image
Gender identity and sexual orientation
Academic stress
Emerging Adult Counseling
It's not easy! Transitioning into this life phase brings up a lot of questions, feelings, and thoughts.
Maybe you're feeling that you're not ready for this yet, or the concept of nap time suddenly sounds appealing, or all of those icons on your shirt makes it really difficult to do laundry.
Whatever it is, we are here to listen and to help you navigate this confusing and winding path.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) helps individuals regulate powerful and overwhelming emotions. It is highly effective with many different groups of individuals (children, adolescents, young adults, adults, families, parents) and challenges.
DBT skills training focuses on learning the skills necessary to help you:
Build awareness about yourself and increase your focus
Communicate effectively
Tolerate distressing events
Regulate big emotions
Find balance between thinking extremes
Parenthood Support
We support mothers and fathers with all aspects of parenthood, from the transition into this new role, to toddlerhood, to parenting a teenager and beyond. Some of the challenges we may work on include:
Prenatal support
Baby blues
Postpartum Mood Disorder (PMDD) in depression and/or anxiety
Marital conflict
Identity shifts with parenthood
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) is an evidence-based, treatment plan from Yale Child Study Center to help parents support their children with big emotions. Some goals are to:
Increase more effective communication with your child(ren)
Decrease power struggles
Build confidence as a parent
Setting and keeping boundaries
Recommended for general anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, specific fears, selective mutism, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), Avoidant Food Restrictive Intake Disorder (AFRID)
Neuropsychological Evaluation
Every child has a unique learning profile, and one size does not fit all.
A neuropsychological assessment will evaluate your child's cognitive strengths and challenges, as well as:
Attention (ADHD) and/or Executive Functioning
Specific Learning Disabilities
Giftedness
Testing for School Accommodations (IEP or 504)
Mood Disorders