Children

My purpose is to create a comfortable atmosphere designed to create safety, inspire growth and self-expression, and to truly meet each child where they are. By preparing and nurturing this rich environment, I hope to see the most extraordinary pieces of a child emerge.

 
 
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Play Therapy

Empirically proven and absolutely witnessed in my own experience working with kids, play therapy helps children:

  • Safely process difficult, stressful experiences (e.g. separation/divorce, loss, life-changes, moving, new sibling, illness, abuse and violence, natural disasters, etc.)

  • Effectively identify and express thoughts and feelings

  • Be accountable for their behaviors

  • Problem solve new, more effective strategies

  • Gain social skills that improve relationships with others

  • Increase empathy and respect towards others’ experience

  • Strengthen belief and confidence in self

 
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Sandtray Therapy

A form of expressive therapy to unlock and reveal a person’s inner world so that movement and healing can begin. A child and/or parent uses placement of miniature toys in a small sandbox to create scenes that embody their reality, their struggles, as well as their hopes and dreams. What begins as a non-verbal, kinesthetic, and instinctual process for the client then transforms into a verbal dialogue with the therapist to bring about integration, insight, and change.

 

Areas of Expertise

 

  • Children Ages 3-17

  • Play Therapy

  • Sandtray Therapy

  • Parent Coaching

  • Positive Discipline

  • Separation & Divorce

  • Blending Families

  • Attachment

  • Parent-Child Relationships

  • Life Transitions & Adjustments

  • Sensitive Children

  • Depression/Anxiety

  • Trauma

  • Foster and Adoption

  • School Observation & Consultation

  • Workshops & Presentations for parents and learners