About

I have been practicing as a Licensed Professional Counselor for the past thirteen years in outpatient, inpatient and residential settings and have worked with individuals of all ages. My passion is working with children who are having difficulty managing their emotions and behaviors and are struggling to meet the expectations of their environment. I am a certified provider of the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model, a philosophy and protocol developed by Dr. Ross Greene who authored the groundbreaking book, The Explosive Child. With this extensive training in the CPS model, I am able to assist families in applying this model to help reduce episodes of challenging behaviors and to foster improved parent-child relationships. I have also received extensive training in Child-Centered Play Therapy, an evidence based therapeutic approach to working with children in individual therapy. Play, the language of children, serves as an integral path to helping children learn self-regulation, social skills, secure attachments and to work through trauma. I also have extensive experience working with adolescents and adults and am currently accepting clients ages four and up.