Parenting & Family Therapy

Many are often surprised when they hear that I work with children as young as 12-months-old. “Why would a 12-month-old ever need therapy?” they often ask. To this question I…

Validation is one of the most powerful parenting tools, and yet it is often left out of traditional behavioral parent training programs. In general, behavioral parent training programs focus on…

I look at my schedule and see I have a new patient intake this week. I am going to meet with the parents of a girl in middle school and…

This pandemic has been hard on families in a lot of ways. Being an employee, a chef, a maid, a home repair expert, a teacher and a parent 24 hours…

As the new school year approaches and families begin to feel the stress of having to decide, among other things, which learning option is best for them, there is one…

Over the course of 8 weeks, children ages 8-10 will meet virtually in a group of no more than 5 children and 2 clinicians once per week for 30 minutes…

SUMMARY Due to school closings as a result of COVID-19, children will potentially have an increased online presence and/or be in a position that puts them at an inadvertent risk….

According to American Adoption News, “A recent study from the Institute of Family Studies reveals that transracial adoptions have increased by 50 percent over the last decade.”  This rise in transracial adoptions appears…

Suicide is a growing concern among adolescents and young adults. It is currently the second leading cause of death of individuals between the ages of 15-24 years-old in the United…

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been proven to be a very effective treatment for mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression.  With the large variety of CBT self-help books…