Hello friends! I am passionate about working with children of all ages, but I findthat preteens especially experience many complex transitions that serve ascatalysts for their future growth. In particular, most children ages 9-12 beginpuberty and therefore begin...
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Picture Books as Therapy
Understanding complex emotions and life events is difficult for anyone, but especially for children. When they don’t have the proper tools to express their inner turmoil and process their surroundings, this can often lead to frustrating interactions with parents and...
Creating Your Yellow Brick Road Home
What does it mean to feel at home? There is a debate as to whether home is a physical place or a feeling. Dorothy captures this desire to fill the void of feeling distant, whether it be mentally or physically, when she recites, “There’s no place like home” (Fleming,...
Kings & Queens: Tips from a Therapist on Coming Out
In honor of October being Coming Out Month, I wanted to write a blog very near and dear to my heart. Easily over half of my clients identify as LGBT, non-traditional, non-monogamous, and have some form of a coming out story. Whether they did not feel attracted to the...