Adolescents and Children

I have a strong commitment to improving adolescent and children’s health. Believing that early intervention, promotes stronger and more resilient children with a well developed repertoire of skills. I evaluate and treat a variety of concerns including ADHD/ADD, depression, anxiety, family changes and complicated medical histories while receiving many referrals from children’s physicians and other professionals. I am comfortable making treatment and school recommendations. At times, physicians refer children to me for medical consultation, in which I evaluate the child’s well being, preferring nutritional, and healthy lifestyle changes whenever possible before recommending pharmaceutical intervention. However, when indicated, I make recommendations, to help supervise the child’s medication, and confer with their physician to maximize benefit and reduce side effects all while continuing to strengthen family intervention.

With adolescent’s, key experiences may require reframing of cognitive constructs that are tantamount in directing the adolescents striving for autonomy and belonging. With the help of a caring Doctor and concerned parents, adolescents are able to navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of their emerging life while developing flexible coping skills and a personal sense of competency and self regulation.

With younger children I have specialized training in play therapy and neuroplasticity. I enjoy play therapy and parent education which produce long lasting healthful changes in children’s character resiliency. Children can then readily embrace their improved self esteem and self awareness.