I work in person or via telehealth with individuals, couples, families, and children (ages 7 and up). 

With younger children (ages 7-12) we meet in person for most sessions.

To Individuals

As I will work with you, we will explore your story and the intricacies of your life and what is going on now.  I provide therapy which gets to the Heart of the Matter, the Root, the Core.

To Parents 

If you are a parent looking for help for your son or daughter, I work with ages 7 and up.  I have a play space using play therapy.  When appropriate, I will also work with you, as the parent, in learning how to better support your child.  As parents, we are fallible and make mistakes.  The pressure of parenting is real.  The importance of our role as a parent and the love that we feel for our children and the impact of their poor behavior is undeniable.  As we learn to take care of ourselves and effectively communicate with our children, this ultimately helps our children to feel confident in who they are and competent to figure things out (sometimes asking for help).  The goal is to learn to attend to the impact we have on our children, the relationship, foster love while being curious about them, listening and affirming, and also setting limits and discipling or educating them about the choices they make.  I will help a child or adolescent process thoughts and feelings through expression and identifying what they need and finding the courage and confidence to ask effectively.  

Please listen to the interview with Pia Mellody talk about the HOCI model in the DARTT and HOCI section in the Approach page about the nature of a child.

To Couples 

When we learn to connect with ourselves honestly with Heart Rootedness and in turn share honestly and with vulnerability to our partner, we inevitably create connection and understanding with our partner. We learn to guide and provide feedback about what is needed and wanted and set limits about what is not okay.  Essentially, as a couple, we want to learn to be interdependent or, as I call it, in the “arena of love, peace, and understanding”.  For our relational health, we want to leave and pull away from the urge to be in the “arena of power and control,” in which we want to win and be right. This can be difficult.  In our emotional distress, we don’t listen. We come up with our response or defense or argument….instead of listening.  It is not about winning but rather striving to understand and listening while also taking care of ourselves, attending to self and other. For our relational health, winning is not the goal, but rather to have flexibility and openness, compromise in areas, and notice where we cannot bend – all within the safety and security created with healthy communication.

With couples, I use DARTT processing and the HOCI model which guides and informs the healing and repair to increase trust and intimacy.  Ruptures (moments of conflict) without repair pile up and spark resentment, bitterness, and mistrust.  As a couple, you will build skills to identify, communicate about, and repair ruptures.