Support for Children, Teens, Young Adults, and Families
I provide compassionate, developmentally appropriate support tailored to each person’s needs, relationships, and life experiences.
Play Therapy
Children often communicate through play before they have the words to explain what they’re feeling. Play therapy offers a safe, supportive way to express emotions, work through experiences, and build coping skills.
Therapy for Teens & Young Adults
Adolescence and young adulthood can bring stress, change, and emotional overwhelm. Therapy offers a supportive space to feel understood, build coping skills, and navigate life’s transitions.
Parent Support
Parenting can feel overwhelming, especially when your child is struggling. I work collaboratively with parents to better understand their child’s needs, strengthen connection, and find practical ways to support the family.
Medical Trauma Support
My background as a Child Life Specialist, including experience on a pediatric burn unit, gives me a unique perspective in supporting children, teens, and families through difficult medical experiences. I help clients process illness, procedures, hospitalization, and other stressful healthcare experiences while building coping skills, increasing a sense of safety, and feeling more supported as they move forward.
Anxiety
Perfectionism
Trauma
Depression
ADHD
Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
OCD
Common Concerns I Support
Self-esteem
Grief & Loss
Critical Illness / Medical Trauma
Divorce & Separation
Emotional Regulation
Life Transitions
Parenting & Family Stress
For Clinicians
Play Therapy Supervision
As a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), and former Clinical Manager within a play therapy group practice, I provide supervision for clinicians pursuing the Registered Play Therapist credential and for therapists who want to deepen their play therapy skills.
Training & Professional Development
I enjoy partnering with schools, agencies, and community organizations to offer educational trainings. Topics can be tailored to the needs of the group and may include play therapy, trauma-informed care, child development, and supporting children through stressful or overwhelming experiences.
Play Therapy Consultation
Consultation is available for clinicians working with children, teens, and families who want support with case conceptualization, play therapy interventions, parent work, or developmentally appropriate care.
My Approach
My work is grounded in a child-centered, trauma-informed, attachment-based approach and informed by interpersonal neurobiology. I consider each child or teen within the context of their development, relationships, family, and experiences, tailoring therapy to what feels most supportive while creating a safe, connected therapeutic relationship.
Therapeutic Modalities
Play Therapy
Helps children express feelings, process experiences, and build coping skills through developmentally appropriate play.
Sandtray Therapy
Offers a creative, symbolic way to explore experiences and emotions that may be difficult to put into words.
Art-Based & Expressive Interventions
Uses creative expression to help children and teens explore emotions, experiences, and strengths in a less pressured way.
EMDR for Children, Adolescents & Young Adults
I am a Certified EMDR Child Specialist and use developmentally appropriate EMDR interventions to support clients in processing distressing or traumatic experiences.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Trauma-Focused CBT
I integrate CBT strategies and am certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidence-based approach for children and teens who have experienced trauma.
Theraplay
Uses relationship-based activities to support connection, trust, regulation, and the parent-child relationship.