You are tired of feeling stuck. You want to talk with someone who gets you.  You want therapy to actually improve your life.  

If you are ready to take the first step,  I am ready to hear your story.

It can be scary to reach out to a therapist for the first time. You want to know it will be  worth your time and  that they can actually help you. I want you to know some things about me to get a sense of my personality, experience, and how I can help you move forward towards your best life.

Why I do it.

All my life I have felt a connection with teens, their families, and young adults.  I have been a foster parent to many teen boys, and supervised a group home for it girls. In my many years working at the high school social worker, I have walked along side students and their times of grief, anxiety, isolation and yes times of joy.  I am grateful for every encounter with a teen who is ready, and asking for help, even when their behavior is confusing. After all these years, yes, it’s a lot of years!, I love partnering with teens and their families  as they take steps to improve their confidence and relationships.

What is it like to work with me?

Teens, their parents, and adults  say I’m honest, compassionate, and direct. All of your emotions, and thoughts are safe with me, even the ones uncomfortable to you. Hopefully we will even had have some fun along the way and celebrate all the steps in your progress.

Here are some of the things you can expect in our work together.

I will help you listen deeply to your self, and this is the most important skill for you to recognize your needs. We will talk through  the action steps you will need to do to get to a place of more confidence, peace, and satisfying relationships.

There are treatment approaches and methods shown to be most effective in making progress with mental health challenges.  You can expect to  experience relief,  and growth, as we work together, through evidence based therapeutic methods, tailored to enhance your well-being.

Here are areas of my expertise:

ADHD, education and strategies           

Adoption, questions that surface in adolescence and change throughout  one’s life

Anxiety/panic avoidance of fear based situations. This includes, school avoidance and refusal. 

–Autism spectrum challenges

–Depression, on-going feelings of sadness, withdrawal from friends, family, and activities important to you. 

–Divorce and it’s impact on the family

–Grief, coping with the loss of a loved one,  estrangement from a family member

–Religious trauma/conflict within the  family

–Selective mutism

–Life transition challenges