Child-Parent Psychotherapy for
Children age 0-6

One of the hardest part of parenting is seeing your child being in pain and feel like there is nothing you can do to help. Young children tell us about their experience and needs through their behavior. Crying, tantrums, hitting, biting, bedwetting, “not listening”, withdrawal, clinginess, lack of interest in play or social interactions are all ways they communicate that they are in distress and they need our support. Despite our deepest intentions to provide the best to our children, as caregivers it is often challenging to decode little ones’ behavior, especially when we adults are under undue stress and/or our child’s behavior is hardly tolerable. Experiencing traumatic events can leave both children and adults feeling even more without control.

I provide a safe and non-judgmental space for both children and parents that allows shared curiosity to reconnect with the inherent wisdom and strength in you and your child, Together we explore the difficulties from a strength based perspective and welcome change and healing from within you and your connection. I encourage healing through play, movement, creating adaptive narratives and strengthening secure attachment between you and your child.

Children age 6 and older

When difficulty to cope with intense emotions arise later in childhood, whether it is overwhelming fear, raging anger, draining depression, having a hard time at school, difficulties with peers or conflicts at home, it is best to create individual space for your child with regular parent meetings to support healing and resolution from both angles.

I welcome families who are working with a variety of concerns, but not limited to:

·       Experiencing ongoing power struggles with your child

·       Navigating life changing events

·       Experiencing loss of a loved one

·       Going though divorce

·       Moving and relocating

·       Recovering from a traumatic event, such as life threatening accidents, traumatic separation and                        loss,  or experiencing or witnessing violence, abuse or neglect.

·       Navigating foster care and adoption

·       Adapting to life with regulatory difficulties, special needs and developmental delays