Is your relationship reeling from infidelity? Are there frequent arguments about hot button topics like money, parenting, in-laws, or sex? Or do you just feel disconnected from your partner? Do you no longer share the emotional intimacy you once did and you feel more like roommates? Let me help you restore what it is that made you initially fall in love with your spouse.

Can’t make your children behave? Your teenager thinks she knows everything? Are you and your spouse on opposite sides of the fence on discipline and rules? I can help you and your partner become a united front so children can’t play one parent against the other. I also work with children with their own individual issues, like ADHD, misbehavior at home and/or school; depression and anxiety.

ADHD and behavior issues both at home and at school are typical kid problems that I have worked with. Children’s misbehavior is often a symptom of something greater going on within the family. The child may be struggling to cope with life changes. Divorce, step parenting, friends, and schooling can all have a profound effect on a child’s mental health. I will work individually or with the family to help decrease these symptoms. As standard as ADHD is as a childhood diagnosis, depression and anxiety are often seen as “adult problems.” However, children may also experience a loss of joy or feelings of dread and anxiety which may require different intervention than treating an adult coping with life changes. I have expertise in treating adults and children with depression and anxiety.

Sometimes situations in our life make us nervous and unsure, like starting a new job or getting a divorce.  I’m happy to help guide you through these tough life transitions. However; sometimes you can’t pinpoint exactly why you’re nervous. To the outsider you look like you have a charmed life, your friends can’t understand what you have to be anxious about. This sort of generalized anxiety can be reduced! I have helped people reduce their ever-present anxiety to a manageable level. Some clients have been so successful at reducing their anxiety they have been able to eliminate anti-anxiety medication.

Personal development is a lifelong process. It’s a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realize and maximize their potential. Too often people come to counseling under the guise of being broken, sick, or pathological. While there are likely to be challenges in your life that have you feeling stuck from time to time, often people have what it takes to move forward and improve their functioning in relationships, career, and spirituality. They just need help discovering and tapping into the resilience they already possess. I believe in the strength of my clients. Often I see their resilience before they do.

Someone can be depressed because a life event has thrown them for a loop; a death, divorce, parenting problems, job loss, a tragic health diagnosis. Just as likely and debilitating can be the depression that comes from within. Friends may not understand and minimize your emotional pain because you have “no reason to be depressed.” I call bunk on that type of thinking. Someone can look like they have their life all-together and can still have depression. Luckily, therapy has been demonstrated as an effective treatment for depression.