Youth Services

Child Therapy

I work with children aged 8+ and use a combination of play, art, movement, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) strategies in my therapy sessions. I teach children about varying ways our emotions can impact us and help them to identify, understand, and find opportunities to respond to themselves and their environments calmly and confidently. 

I work especially well with children who experience automatic negative thoughts, low self-esteem, emotional dysregulation, familial conflict, bullying, or difficulty with building and maintaining friendships. 

I welcome collaboration with the family through periodic check-ins and combined sessions to foster a welcoming space for healthier thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Children grow in their environments, so the more compassionate and consistent care we can provide, the better the environment for healthy maturation and resilience for your child! 

Teen Therapy

My work with teens focuses on building coping and regulation skills, creating and evaluating healthy friendships and boundaries, and creating life goals and aspirations to build self-worth and meaning. I utilize a combination of evidence-based modalities through free-form talk therapy or through the use of arts to help identify and live out their identity with respectful boundaries and pride in their value creation and development. I have found teen therapy to be a significant space for them to explore and strengthen who they are and take steps to become the adults they want to be.  

Relevant Recent Trainings:

2025: Mindfulness-based Play Therapy®: Theory & Skills and Methods
2025: Legal and Ethical Considerations with Children, Adolescents and Emerging Adults
2025:  Lighting the Way: Interventions for Teens and Their Families in Navigating Teen Suicide Risk
2023: TraumaPlay™: A Cutting Edge, Attachment­Based Treatment Framework
2023:  The Power of Parents in the Play Therapy Room
2022: Executive Function, ADHD and Stress in the Classroom