Being a teenager is one of the most developmentally and emotionally challenging times of a person’s life. It can feel easier to navigate when you have ample support around you.

I specialize in supporting adolescents with managing their relationship to themselves and others. In my practice, I can either support your teenager on a one-on-one basis in individual therapy, or I can work with you (the parent) and your adolescent in dyadic family therapy. As a parent, you will want to consider how involved or un-involved you want to be in your child’s therapeutic process.

Some areas in which I have been able to support teenagers include: developing healthy and assertive communication and inter-relational skills, such as boundary-setting and expressing their wants and needs in effective and satisfying ways, cultivating identity development, including “coming out” processes among LGBTQ+ youth, and emotional regulation, such as managing big feelings such as anger, anxiety, self-consciousness, and grief.

I offer 50-minute sessions on a weekly basis for adolescent therapy.

My areas of specialization with adolescents include:

• Anxiety

• Communication and inter-relational skills

• Identity development

• LGBTQ+ support and “coming out”

• Marginalized identities, including navigating racism, homophobia, and bullying

• Perfectionism

• Self-regulation and navigating “big feelings”

• Self-confidence and self-acceptance