Who I Work With

My goal is to help my clients to live in ways they prefer.

Who?         I am trained and have experience working with:

~       Individuals – Adults, adolescents, and children,

~       Couples & Parents – Together as well as with each individual alone,

~       Whole Families – Including sub-groups of families and extended family members.

I work with the full context of my clients lives in mind.

Ages?         I work with children, adolescents, & adults:

~       Children & Parents / Birth to Adolescence – I work with children, adolescents, and parents to:

*        Help parents and children build warm, effective, & resilient relationships,

*        Develop and implement proactive parenting based on planning, effective communication, and positive motivation based in their relationship,

*        Enhance children’s development, self-confidence, and helpful behaviors,

*        Help parents understand children’s experience, behavior, & development.

~       Adolescents – I work with adolescents alone, parents alone or both together to:

*        Help parents and adolescents communicate more effectively with greater warmth and respect,

*        Construct helpful expectations, agreed upon goals and clear, appropriate consequences,

*        Strengthen adolescents self-confidence and enhance their control of their lives with family, with peers, and at school,

*        Strengthen adolescents’ self-understanding and hope in the future,

*        Help parents understand the adolescent experience today.

~       Adults & Couples – With adults and couples:

*        First, I confirm what they want to change, why, and how?

*        Then, I determine if they have what they need to change and feel capable of bringing the change about?

*        Finally, I assist them to change as they desire and to then reassess their lives and relationships based on those changes.

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