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Care shaped around development, relationships, and real life.

Therapy is never one-size-fits-all. We begin with who you are, what you have lived through, and what support would feel most meaningful now.

Who I Support

Support that meets you where you are.

Each season of life asks for a different kind of care. My work is tailored to development, relationships, nervous-system needs, and the goals that matter most to you.

01

Children

Children communicate through play long before they have words for what they're experiencing. Therapy provides a developmentally appropriate space where children can safely express emotions, build confidence, strengthen regulation, and process difficult experiences through play, creativity, movement, and connection.

Whether your child is struggling with anxiety, emotional regulation, behavioral challenges, life transitions, grief, or trauma, sessions are designed to meet them where they are while strengthening the secure relationships that support healing outside the therapy room.

Areas we may focus on include:

  • Emotional regulation
  • Anxiety
  • Confidence and self-esteem
  • Social skills
  • Behavioral concerns
  • School challenges
  • Life transitions
  • Trauma
  • Parent-child connection
02

Adolescents

Adolescence is a season of discovering identity while navigating increasing independence, relationships, academic pressure, emotions, and life's many transitions. Therapy provides a steady, nonjudgmental place to slow down, understand what's happening beneath the surface, and build confidence in who they are becoming.

Sessions help teens strengthen emotional awareness, develop healthy coping strategies, improve relationships, and create a stronger connection between their values and daily choices.

Common concerns include:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Emotional regulation
  • Self-esteem
  • Identity development
  • Friendships
  • Family relationships
  • Trauma
  • School stress
  • Life transitions
03

Adults

Healing isn't about becoming someone new—it's about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that have always been there beneath life's experiences. Therapy offers space to slow down, understand long-standing patterns, process difficult experiences, and move toward a life that feels more grounded, connected, and aligned with your values.

Together we explore not only what you're experiencing today, but also how your nervous system learned to survive, allowing lasting change to come from understanding rather than self-criticism.

Therapy may support:

  • Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Relationship challenges
  • Grief
  • Life transitions
  • Stress and burnout
  • Self-worth
  • Emotional regulation
  • Personal growth
  • EMDR and trauma processing when appropriate
04

Parents & Caregivers

Parenting doesn't come with a manual, and every child responds differently to stress, connection, and support. Parent sessions offer a collaborative space to better understand your child's nervous system, strengthen your relationship, and develop practical tools that fit your family's unique needs.

Rather than focusing on blame or perfection, we work toward greater confidence, clarity, and connection—helping you respond intentionally while creating the safety children need to thrive.

Areas we may explore include:

  • Understanding behavior through an attachment lens
  • Emotional coaching
  • Co-regulation
  • Parenting after trauma
  • Anxiety and emotional outbursts
  • Building routines
  • Boundaries
  • Strengthening family relationships
How We May Work Together

Integrated care, chosen with intention.

Modalities are tools—not formulas. We will draw from the approaches that best fit your story, goals, pace, and developmental needs.

01

EMDR

Trauma processing that helps the brain and body integrate painful experiences without requiring you to remain stuck inside them.

02

Play Therapy

Developmentally responsive therapy using play, creativity, and relationship to help children communicate and heal.

03

Parent Coaching

Practical, attachment-focused support for understanding behavior, strengthening connection, setting limits, and repairing after hard moments.

04

IFS-Informed Therapy

A compassionate approach to understanding protective parts, reducing inner conflict, and building a more connected relationship with yourself.

05

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Support for relating differently to difficult thoughts and emotions while moving toward the values that matter most.

06

Somatic & Polyvagal-Informed Care

Practices that build awareness of nervous-system patterns and expand your capacity for regulation, connection, and choice.

07

Theraplay® & TraumaPlay™

Relational and play-based approaches supporting safety, attachment, regulation, and trauma recovery for children and families.

08

Interpersonal Neurobiology

Brain- and relationship-informed care that helps make sense of how experiences shape emotion, behavior, connection, and healing.

Begin where you are

We can find the right starting place together.

In-person counseling is available in Scottsdale, with telehealth offered across Arizona.

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