We start with you.
The first session is parent-only. You bring us up to speed, what you're seeing, what's already been tried, what worries you most. We name what we're working toward together.
Play-based, attachment-focused therapy for kids and teens, built with you, not around you. You'll know what we're working on, and how to help at home.
Most parents we see have a quiet feeling something's off, and then a list of small evidence that doesn't quite add up.
The first session is parent-only. You bring us up to speed, what you're seeing, what's already been tried, what worries you most. We name what we're working toward together.
For younger kids, that's play, art, sand tray, and somatic work, the language they actually speak. Teens get real conversation, no clipboard, no checklists. Sessions are weekly to start.
We check in with you every few weeks, what we're seeing, what we're working on, and what to try at home. Confidentiality holds the relationship; communication keeps you a real partner.
We work with kids and teens whose pain hasn't found language yet, and with the parents who've been holding it alongside them. Our training is in attachment, somatic, and trauma-informed approaches adapted for younger nervous systems.
"If you've been told your kid is 'fine' but you know something's not, we want to hear what you're seeing."
We see kids starting at age 5. With younger kids, "therapy" looks like play, and play is how their nervous system processes. If you're not sure your child is ready, that's exactly what the free consult is for.
We'll share themes, what we're working on, and what to try at home. We won't repeat session content word-for-word, that's what builds trust with your child. With teens especially, the relationship works because they know what stays between us (and what doesn't, safety always overrides).
Common, normal, workable. We start with you, sometimes parent-coaching alone shifts the whole system. When your child is ready, the door is open, and the first session is designed to make it easy to come back.
Yes, when it serves the child's work. We'll fold in siblings, partners, or co-parents based on what's actually going to help, not on a fixed format.
Teens get the version of therapy we wish more adults had at 16. Honest, direct, no condescension, no surface-level coping skills as a substitute for real conversation.
Private-pay practice. We provide superbills for out-of-network reimbursement. Good Faith Estimates available on request.
Both. Younger kids tend to do better in person at the office. Teens often prefer telehealth from their own room.
You'll see it before you can name it, fewer 8pm meltdowns, an easier morning, a shoulder that drops in the car. We'll also check in formally every few months on what's changed.
15-minute consultations are free, and genuinely just a conversation about what you're seeing.
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