Family therapy is defined as any case where 2 or more people will be present for the majority of the sessions. Family therapy focuses on changing the relational patterns and dynamics that happen between people.

I have a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and am trained and experienced in providing therapy for families with members of all ages. 

I specifically love to work with families with teenagers. In 2019, I participated in the creation of an adolecent residential treatment center and I created and implemented all of their family therapy programming. From this experience I gained a specialized skill set for working with families of teens. And I like to say "I speak teenager!" 

It's important in family therapy to decide who will be participating. We'll do this in the consultation call or in the first session, and this can look different for each case. In general, if we are doing family therapy, I generally like to have all family memebers present for each session, except in specific circumstances where it seems clinically relevant to do this differently. What's most important though is that all participants have an understanding of how family therapy will work, who will be present, and what will be discussed. This is to keep the therapy safe feeling safe and transparent for everyone. Sometimes, based on the situation, I may suggest having parent-only sessions first and then having the minor(s) join us. Sometimes I may suggest having everyone all together from the start. For families with kids/teens/tweens, during our consultation call we will decide if it makes sense for your kiddo(s) to regularly be a part of the family sessions, or if it would be more beneficial to focus on parent-only work.

I am a systemically trained family therapist and I work with families with a wide variety of concerns, including:

• family communication problems (arguments, silent treatment, etc) 

• unhelpful family dynamics

• stress related to life/family transitions

• navigating a family member's OCD/anxiety/other mental health diagnosis

• failure to launch / young adult related concerns

I utilize systemic family therapy modalities including Narrative Therapy, Bowenian Family Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, and Attachment-Based Family Therapy (AFBT). 

I am LGBTQ+ affirming for clients of all ages. If you have questions about what this means, please ask me!

I am specialized in working with families of children, adolescents and young adults. Drawing from my previous experience of developing family programming and working as the family therapist in an adolescent residential treatment program, I help families of adolescents with a wide variety of concerns specific to the teenage years and understanding overlapping mental health concerns. 

I also use this experience to assist families of teens who are transitioning back into their home and or school settings after attending a higher level of care such as residential treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP) or intensive outpatient treatment (IOP).

While I am specialized in working with families of children and teens, I have experience and enjoy working with families of all ages. I also am able to integrate family sessions into individual treatment when it seems helpful or relevant.