I have specialized for the past 18 years in the treatment of children/teens/adult adoptees and foster youth, foster-adoptive parents and birth families. I have developed unique psycho-therapeutic interventions that support children/teens with serious psychological problems secondary to histories of abuse, neglect, and /or multiple placements and adoption. I work with former foster youth and adult adoptees who are struggling with grief and loss and help them in their journey through search and reunion. I educate families about open adoption. I help first mothers and fathers process grief and loss & facilitate successful reunions.
I provide the following approaches with all clients:
Attachment-based
Art Therapy
Anger Management
Compassion Focused
Culturally Sensitive
Emotionally Focused
Family Systems
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Multicultural
Person-Centered
Psychodynamic
Trauma-Focused Family Therapy
Each client has their own unique set of experiences and I do a thorough intake to create a treatment plan with goals, to monitor our progress together.
