Child & Teen Therapy Services

As a practicing clinical psychologist for over 30 years, I offer a unique blend of empathy, experience, and expertise for struggling children and adolescents (grades K-12).

My therapeutic services focus primarily on teaching kids mindfulness-based coping skills that build emotional resilience and well-being - whatever challenges they may be facing.

Parents will learn how to effectively manage their children's mental health difficulties, too. And we'll include teacher-consultations for school-based problems, when needed.

Begin with an Initial Consultation

Before we can help with any problem, we first have to understand it.

The purpose of the Initial Consultation is to:

gain a thorough understanding of your current concerns,
assess your child’s functioning and needs, and
make recommendations for how best to meet those needs.

The Initial Consultation process involves:

Pre-Intake Assessment Questionnaires
Parent and Child Intake Interviews,
Post-Intake Standardized Rating Scales
Collateral Consultations with teachers, physicians, etc., as needed
Feedback Session with a Diagnostic Summary and Treatment Recommendations.

Scheduling an Initial Consultation Appointment

I regret that I'm unable to accept any new patients at this time.

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Proceed with Mindful Solutions Therapy

A Holistic Pathway to Healing for Your Child - and Your Family

After the Initial Consultation, most families proceed with treatment. That treatment typically involves a mindfulness-based therapeutic program called Mindful Solutions Therapy. Mindful Solutions Therapy is an integration of several evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (including MBRS, MBCT, ACT, and DBT).

During those sessions, we’ll focus primarily on developing your child's self-regulation skills. The key to strengthening their mental health is to improve their ability to regulate their attention, emotions, and behaviors in the face of life stressors - whatever those may be.

We'll also focus on strengthening the co-regulation relationship between parents and child, which provides the foundation for emotional regulation and resilience in kids.

While your child is building their stress-coping toolkit, you'll be building your parenting toolkit as well. You'll learn how to guide your child to more adaptive emotional and behavioral choices, with more ease and balance.