Kids and emerging adults are handling a great deal of stress and transition. I am here to help students and the parents (as needed) online or in my Missio Viejo office.
Emotional and intellectual development is both typical and unique. Many personalities experience greater distress during pre-adolescence or adolescence. I work with parents and their child to help both develop a stronger bond and communication that eases the distress for all.
I trained at Harvard and Vanderbilt, I have a sense of humor, and I am dedicated to the people who enter my office. If things were fine the way they are you would not need me, so be prepared to be challenged, and be prepared to work hard. I will be with you every step of the way.
Psychologist, California Licensed Psychologist (License# PSY17495)
Historically I worked a lot with children and adolescents. In recent years I have shifted away from working with young kids but still work with quite a number of adolescents. Very often this work involves meeting individually with the teen, but often too do I also hold sessions with the teen and their parent. Other times, I coach parents of teens without necessarily working directly with the teen themselves. My approach tends to involve helping adolescents learn to make healthy decisions by assisting them in thinking through their choices, consequences, and essentially assisting them in becoming more effective in finding strategies that will get them the results they want while minimizing negative outcomes. In general I avoid sharing much information about them with their parents directly unless there is a concern about safety. Rather, my approach is to help the teen to communicate with their parents themselves. When it would be helpful I often help the teen to have these healthier communications with there parents in family therapy sessions. As a parenting coach, I try to assist parents in shifting to age appropriate parenting strategies when possible.
I am a psychologist, marriage family therapist, bioenergetic analyst, and psychoanalyst with more than 30 years of clinical experience in treating adolescents, adults, and marital couples. I am skilled in helping a person to feel understood and related to in a new and helpful way.
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At least half of my clientele are children and adolescents. I add in art therapy, sand tray, tactile projects, and more to aid in the therapy process for minors.
As client-centered therapists, I am experienced in working with children in the past and would love to welcome all parts of kids and adolescents with open arms, warmth, and kindness.