We start by meeting for an intake session to discuss family, parental, and child concerns. Mapping out together a way forward in our work, establishing goals to be worked on in sessions.

I ask parents to do the “heavy lifting” in counseling because interventions delivered by you to your kids will have the most effective and lasting impact on everyone in your family. This type of work can impact generations to come. How exciting! Essentially, the learning that transpires in sessions creates new learning opportunities within your home, especially in those stuck and frustrating patterns.

Often, it is helpful to look back at your childhood and your experience of being parented. Research in attachment science tells us simply that “we give what we got,” meaning that stuck patterns that parents find themselves in are often not rational but emerge from imprints made in deeper regions within our adult brains during our early experiences. We may not need to do a deep dive, spending lots of attention here, but enough to reconnect with the care you were given as a child to help us navigate your parenting journey today.

Our work together will provide you with practical guidance and support. Equipping you with the elements needed to create an environment conducive for children to learn. I will provide you with developmentally appropriate interventions that will help you teach what you are being taught in sessions to your kids at home. Every family has its’ own culture and ways of being together, and in no way do we want to diminish this. We are looking to provide fresh perspectives and ideas to areas of need, always offered in the services of your parental/family goals.