Parent support
and coaching.

It helps, and it isn’t required. Plenty of the work happens with one parent, and I’ll give you ways to bring your partner along even if they never sit in a session. When both of you come, things move faster, mostly because you stop undoing each other’s work at home.

Sometimes. With toddlers and preschoolers I often watch the two of you together and coach in the moment. With older kids and teens, I might bring them in for a specific skill or a family problem-solving session. Most of the work is with you, because you’re the one who’s there at bedtime.

Yes. I have training in child development, attachment, behavioral approaches, emotional regulation, and neurodevelopmental differences including ADHD and autism. The strategies change with the child: what works for an anxious kid backfires with a defiant one, and a reward chart means nothing to a child who can’t hold the goal in mind. We fit the approach to your actual kid.

Often parent work is the most powerful first step, because you’re with them far more than any therapist will be. If your child is significantly struggling in their own right, with severe anxiety, depression, self-harm, or trauma, they likely need their own therapy too, and I’ll help you find it and coordinate.

Many families see real change in 8 to 12 sessions. Some come back for a few booster sessions at a new stage: starting school, a new sibling, puberty, a move. You don’t have to sign on forever.

That’s one of the most common reasons families come, and one of the most fixable. We find the values you share, understand each other’s triggers, and land on an approach you can both carry out consistently. Disagreeing doesn’t mean one of you is wrong; it means you need alignment.

No. Every parent yells sometimes. Every parent gets it wrong. This is a place to say the hard thing out loud without shame, and then do something useful with it. I’ll point out what you’re already doing well, because you won’t see it yourself, and build from there.

Books can’t see your kid, your triggers, or what you’ve already tried. We look at your actual hard moments, figure out why the standard advice isn’t landing, and adjust in real time. It also matters that someone is in your corner. The books don’t do that part.

Toddler tantrums, preschool defiance, and teenage pushback are normal. Behavior is worth a closer look when it’s much more intense, frequent, or prolonged than peers, gets in the way of school or friendships or family life, causes real distress, or involves harm. I’ll help you tell the difference and say plainly if an evaluation would help.

Yes: homework battles, school refusal, mornings that end in tears, trouble with friends. I don’t work with the school directly, but I’ll help you understand what’s underneath it and give you the language to advocate for your child.