Youth Services

Child Therapy

I have been working with children and teens since 2019, beginning in my internship at Seattle's Ryther Youth and Family Services. I value the opportunity to guide our youth in understanding, expressing, and regulating their thoughts and emotions. In my current practice, I see children starting at age 8+ and use a combination of play, art, and movement. My therapeutic focus is rooted in evidence-based practices of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive-Based Play Therapy (CBPT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). I work with children to deconstruct and understand the various ways our emotions can impact us and help them to find opportunities to respond calmly and confidently to themselves, others, and their environments. 

I work especially well with children who experience anxiety, depression, frequent negative thoughts, low self-esteem, emotional dysregulation/outbursts, 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. The more curious, compassionate, and consistent we can be, the better the environment for healthy maturation and inner resilience for your child! 

Teen Therapy

Is your teenager feeling overwhelmed with the increasing responsibilities that come with growing up? Are they struggling to build and maintain friendships, keep their spaces and schoolwork organized, or feeling unable to engage in hobbies or interests? My work with teens begins with strengths-first, through active identification of values and promotion of self-gratitude. We will explore how their environment can transform their well-being through exercises and discussions surrounding regulation skills, creating and evaluating healthy friendships and boundaries, and engaging in life goals and aspirations. I utilize a combination of evidence-based modalities (CBT, DBT, EFT) through free-form talk therapy or through the use of art and games to help guide and compassionately cultivate 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:

2026: Understanding the Complex Landscape of School Stress on Teens' Mental Health
2026: Rewiring Connection: Attachment-Based Healing for Young Adults
2026: Watch, Play, Connect: Using Media to Engage Youth in Mental Health Treatment
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

Media:

King 5 Interview: Should my middle schooler be on social media? 

I offer 55-minute sessions for $160 unless mutually arranged otherwise. 

I am not currently paired with any insurance companies and am billed as an out-of-network provider.
I will send you monthly superbills that you may submit for reimbursement, based on your benefits.

I offer later afternoon and evening appointments to ensure that children and teens can remain in school and still have access to therapy.