Adult, Child, Adolescent & Family Therapy
Support and Strategies for Managing the Stressors of Everyday Life
Building Resilience Together
Within each of us lies the strength and resilience to face life’s inevitable challenges. Whether you’re navigating the complexities of parenting, growing up, or adult relationships, the journey can be both deeply rewarding and undeniably challenging. Children bring joy, but they can also be complex emotional beings—and adults are no different.
With the right support—for you, your child, or your relationship—you can uncover hidden strengths, bring more calm and structure into daily life, and feel empowered with the tools to meet challenges with confidence and greater ease.
Support that Balances Compassion with Results
I specialize in:
Supporting adults, children, and teens with emotional, social/relational, and behavioral challenges
Strengthening relationships—whether between partners, within families, or between parents and children
Guiding and empowering parents while enhancing communication and overall family dynamics
Increasing overall functioning and resilience while reducing stressors and triggers
Talking through life’s worries and wonders…
The Joys & Challenges of Parenting
Parenting is one of life’s most rewarding—and demanding—roles. It requires balancing emotional connection with setting realistic expectations to support your child’s growth and ability to navigate the world.
With the constant demands of daily life—routines, work, meals, managing behavior, driving, creating meaningful moments, and handling stress—it’s natural to feel overwhelmed. At times, our resilience feels stretched thin. Recognizing this is the first step toward meaningful change and a reminder that what you need is often already within you.
Still, even the most capable parents and resilient kids benefit from fresh strategies, support, or simply a space to reflect. In our work together, we’ll explore what’s feeling hard right now and develop practical tools to bring more calm, confidence, and ease into daily life. Often, a few small shifts can reduce conflict, ease transitions, and help manage challenging behaviors.
Parents often seek support around:
Behavior management
Emotional expression and regulation
Household routines and expectations
Motivation and cooperation
Supporting neurodiverse children
Navigating temperament or personality differences
Managing family stress or life transitions
Whether you're looking for clarity, relief, or a way forward, you're not alone. I'm here to listen, understand your family’s unique experience, and help you restore balance.
Resilience
Resilience is our inner capacity to face life’s challenges with strength and skill. Without tools to build resilience—often called "grit"—we may avoid, resist, or feel overwhelmed by everyday stressors, from work, school and relationships to family dynamics and major life transitions.
While many factors shape how we respond to adversity, the good news is that life’s challenges—big and small—can become powerful opportunities for growth. Three key supports help us transform hardship into resilience:
Supportive relationships
A physically and psychologically safe environment
And an increase in self-understanding
We may not be born with unshakable steadiness, but research shows that with the right support, we can develop both resilience ("I can handle this") and a growth mindset ("I can improve") over time.
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