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What We Treat

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Kid’s Problems

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Adolescence

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Aging Anxiety

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Parenting Help

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Family Therapy

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Blending Families

Including Co-Parenting

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What is Family Therapy?

Systems theory is a holistic way of understanding an individual in context.

Family therapy views individual family members (and their problems) as interconnected. We believe that someone’s behaviors / emotions are shaped by relationships.

Each member's familial role impacts a family’s dynamics. We highlight the influence culture and family atmosphere has on individual experiences. Change in one member can affect the whole system. Solutions often stem from improved relationships rather than focusing on the person.

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Play is Therapy

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Playing helps kiddos express feelings & process experiences without having to explain or make sense of them.

Play therapy is a modality and a philosophy.

Playing provides a safe space for children to communicate their experiences through reenacting or having restorative experiences with their therapist. Play therapists are trained to decode kid behavior.

Play can reveal issues parents may be in the dark about. A play therapist uses fun materials like sand trays, games, books, imagination, dramatic play (singing, dress-up, dolls, cars & trucks & boats, lego towns, theater performances) to prompt and facilitate discussions. Play therapists guide kids and teens in exploring their thoughts and feelings before, during, and after playing.

Issues we treat.

We specialize in the family relationships

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  • As we age, it’s normal to question purpose, identity, and what comes next. Therapy offers a space to explore fears around change, loss, and meaning without judgment. Together, we can find calm, clarity, and a renewed sense of connection to life’s unfolding chapters.

  • From infancy to young adulthood, kids and teens have a variety of developmental milestones that need to be met to help create a well-balanced adult.

    From temper tentrums to bed-wetting, lying or stealing and mood swings, it can be taxing to try to figure out how to best meet your child’s needs.

    Family therapists translate between kids and their adults. We have been trained to understand behavior and we can’t wait to share it with you.

  • The most difficult job in the universe.

    Parenting stretches us to our limits. We mess up, and we also revel in the joy and delight of our kiddos.

    But, parenting doesn’t always seem like it’s going right. We get discouraged. We need support. Family therapy helps everyone. Kids need to play to process and adults need concrete skills they can start applying today.

  • It happens to us all at some point.

    Conflicts between parent and children/adolescents can wreak havoc on our home life, it can break our hearts, it can leave wounds that take time to heal.

    There is a solution. No matter what the conflict, therapy can help you through it.

  • There are really unique challenges to merging two families. The process, called blending, is ongoing and sometimes painful or confusing.

    There’s great research about the needs of blending families and we are really looking forward to giving you tools from day 1 to ease the transition for everyone.

  • When people are separating and/or divorcing, a lot of electricity pulses through a family unit, even if it’s amicable. The subsequent changes affect kids in sometimes strange ways (regression, school avoidance, tummy aches, tantrums). Therapy is a salve that helps the process along more smoothly and can explain things to kids that they don’t even know don’t make sense.

Who I work great with

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  • Parents who collaborate with their kids’ care team members, including therapists

  • Kids & teens who need a neutral adult to talk to about things, including age-appropriate education on a variety of topics from war to sex

  • Adult families: grown up kids, their siblings, and any other extended family members

  • Families who want to work more efficiently and with more ease and less discord

  • Parents who are burnt out, tired, cranky, and need a vacation.

Who I don’t work so great with

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  • I do not provide neurological, neuropsychological, or psychiatric evaluations. This includes Autism testing.

  • Domestic Abuse (DA), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and Coercive Control (CC) are serious, complicated dynamics that can be dangerous to your safety, your mental health, and even your life. I do not have the experience in this area that I believe will serve you best if these dynamics are present in your life, or if the goals of therapy include trauma from IPV, DA, or CC. If you are already aware that you have experienced IPV, DA, or CC in the past, or are currently experiencing these dynamics, please seek services with a provider who has expertise in these areas. I will be happy to help if I can. Sometimes people don’t realize they are involved in abusive relationships, and evidence of this kind of relationship may arise after we have started your therapy. If you start treatment with me and I come to believe that you may be experiencing any of these dynamics, I may refer you to another provider. If this occurs, it is important that you understand that a referral to a counselor who has experience in Domestic Abuse would be to ensure that you can access care, not to abandon your care. If you think you may be experiencing a relationship with any type of abuse, you can also call the 24/7 National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 for information or for someone to talk to anytime.

  • I do not provide evaluations or write Individual Education Programs (IEPs) for school-aged kids.

  • Forensic psychology is the intersection of psychology and the legal system. It focuses on the assessment & understanding of individuals involved in criminal and civil proceedings.

    I do not provide forensic services for court cases. I do not provide opinions or recommendations in the form of letters or declarations related to custody, medical likelihood of recovery or cause of any condition, or any other forensic matter.

  • I do not typically work with people whose primary purpose in therapy is to meet a court mandate or to inform my involvement in forensic matters.

    This is because I will not provide opinions or recommendations related to your custody agreement. Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) situations are typically too complex for my scope of practice.

    I only work with parents who can [all] consent to having their child treated with therapy. I thrive when working with parents who honor the age of consent (13 in the state of Washington).

  • I do not provide letters for emotional support pets. It is outside the scope of my training.

  • I do not provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) treatment. It is outside the scope of my practice and I don’t believe in it. It is “effective” but it’s also not a consent-based child treatment.

    I can only interview you about whether your child meets diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I recommend working with a psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatrist, neuropsychologist or other psychometrist if you’re seeking definitive answers.

  • I can affirm self-diagnoses of neurodivergence and I can also help you rule certain things out.

    I will likely recommend you see an adjunctive psychometrist for a more detailed assessment, which closes some doors and opens others.

    Sometimes people are seeking testing in order to get an IEP. These purposes for testing typically do not accept graduate-level trained clinicians. You may need a referral for someone with a doctorate degree (PsyD, PhD, MD).

  • People who need social work services (housing, food, jobs, medical care) are often best served by Licensed Social Workers. You may be best served by looking for one on PsychologyToday

  • Those who are questioning whether their relationship to alcohol and drugs (including legal recreational and other peoples’ prescription drugs) are best served by a substance use disorder (SUD) professional. Look for those letters after your therapist’s name.