Are you stuck in a cycle of anxiety, panic attacks, explosive behaviors, school refusal, self-harm or suicidal ideation? Do you argue regularly about homework, personal hygiene, or chores? You've probably tried all kinds of things from talking and discipline to punishments, star charts, therapy, and maybe even hospitalizations.
These are a few of the challenges facing the families I work with. Come learn how to understand and embrace your family's abilities, and approach life's challenges together in a new, therapeutic and inclusive way. We'll talk about how to respond therapeutically in order to get out of the argument cycle and experience more ease in your family.
What to Expect
Adults who want to work with me can begin by completing my On Demand Therapeutic Parenting Workshop. The workshop lays a foundation of our work, which might otherwise take 3-6 sessions to cover. Families generally begin to notice some shifts after implementing the principles in the workshop, including experiencing less stress and more noticeable movement toward their relational and life skill goals.
Co-parents are encouraged to both participate to bypass the labor of one adult teaching the other, but it is not a requirement.
Fees
Private Sessions: Intake $250 / Sessions $225 (45-minutes)
On-Demand Workshop: $97/3-hours (CEU available)
Live Workshop: ($297/6-hours) TBD 2025
Group: $100/60minutes (4 families max)
Email me with questions [email protected]
Workshop
When Nothing Works
Therapeutic Parenting for Kids
on the Struggle Bus
This workshop is appropriate for parents, psychotherapists, and other adults who live and/or work with kids ages 3-18.
In this (3-hour) workshop, you will learn therapeutic parenting principles and create a personalized in-depth roadmap to help decrease challenging behaviors and increase alliances that promote healthy relationships, prosocial interactions, and life skills.
- Understand the roots of challenging behaviors and underlying needs
- Discuss ways to respond to challenging behaviors that preserve the integrity of the relationship and build regulation and life skills
- Identify early signs of dysregulation and therapeutic responses
- Discuss the building blocks for self-regulation
Group - "Office Hours"
12p-1p or 7-8p EST (virtual)
TBD Fall 2025 ($90/each)
Sign up for dates that work for you.
- 60 minute zoom
- Small group (up to 6 families)
- Group discussion & support
- Bring your workshop workbook!
This group is optimal for adults who purchased the Therapeutic Parenting workshop. We will discuss the practical application of therapeutic parenting in the everyday challenges your family faces.
The foundational principles of therapeutic parenting include understanding behaviors, identifying stressors and needs, building self-regulation, responding therapeutically to stress behaviors, and strengthening your relational alliance.
What is Therapeutic Parenting?
Therapeutic Parenting is a trauma-informed approach for families struggling with behaviors that impact their lives, relationships, and well-being. It is rooted in principles of brain and nervous system development and adaptation, relational neuroscience, and trauma recovery. While not all challenging behaviors can be traced to a traumatic event, many families will benefit from therapeutic parenting practices due to the challenges showing up at home, at school, and/or in the community, when "nothing else works."
Families try all kinds of ways to help their children: talking, threats, punishments, star charts, therapy, and even hospitalizations. This workshop is meant to help adults better understand and embrace their young person's abilities and unique development and learn how to approach life's challenges together in therapeutic, affirming, and inclusive ways. It is neurodiversity and mental health diversity affirming and inclusive.
How is this different?
You won't be told to be more consistent, to be tougher, or to hold stricter boundaries. Most families have already tried all these things and more, and discovered there is no tough love, star chart, reward, or punishment that will change their child's ability to do better. Instead, we will look at challenges in a new way, and learn how and why to do things differently. All young people's brains and bodies are still growing, and some need specific help from adults in order for their life to be more tolerable, manageable, and hopefully even enjoyable.
Learn how the combination of a strong relational alliance, understanding developmental needs, and supporting skill building can help you experience more ease in your relationships and everyday life at home.
