Parenthood is no cakewalk.
But it can be sweet.
“What is all this juice and all this joy?”
— Gerard Manley HopkinsParent Coaching
I trust your good thinking.
Bring your stuck spots. We’ll open new paths to connection.
How It Feels to Work Together
We’ll braid together child development, brain science, and attachment research to anchor your perspective and next steps—without shame or blame—prioritizing your your needs and parenting values
Collaborative
We’ll close the gap between the parent you want to be and how you’re showing up, building in playfulness, pauses and powerful tools to help you feel like a leader in your family—with smart strategies and practical tools—so you can see progress as we go
Empowering
I’ll help you manage your stress and reactions, so you can be a sturdy resource for your kids in the midst of storms. We’ll fine tune your family recipe for cooperation, sustaining you and your kids
Grounding
Initial Consult $265
For smart, resourceful parents who want to feel more connected with your kids, understand their behavior—with immediately useful tools to support your whole family. Let’s get started!
3-Session Bundle $700 (save $96)
(3) 60-min sessions on brain-based strategies for easing stuck spots and persistent battles, regulation strategies & practical skills you can teach your kids—plus sturdy resources between sessions.
6-Session Bundle $1350 (save $240)
(6) sessions of mindful experiments, playful problem-solving, and less family tension. Each time we meet, you’re adding more effective, practical tools to your toolbox and seeing what’s underneath BIG behaviors.
Reach out with Questions
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You’re welcome to book a free brief phone consult to share what kind of support you’re looking for. I’m happy to answer any questions you have and share about how what I do might line up with what you’re looking for. We’ll decide together if it makes sense to schedule a longer conversation.
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If you’re ready to get started with shifting how things feel in your family, you’re welcome to find a date on my consultation calendar.
See available dates here for a parent session (1 hour) $250, by video
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I LOVE collaborating with preschool parents, teachers, and school staff.
Let’s chat about engaging your community in an experiential workshop with practical tools you can use right away!
Here are some of my most popular topics:
🛑 Limits That Land
💥 Unsticking Power Struggles
📣 How to Stop Yelling!
🥊 Defusing Aggression
🌀 Making Sense of BIG Behaviors
Reach Out Here to request a talk for your school or parent group.
FAQs
What’s included in a consult?
We’ll spend 1 hour together on Zoom:
1) You'll share about family strengths and stuck spots.
2) We'll connect some dots and make sense of the behaviors or challenges showing up.
3) I'll offer some fresh perspective from the context of child development, family dynamics, and the brain science of behavior.
4) You'll leave with 1-2 practical things to try right away.
What kind of families do you see?
My areas of specialty include child development, adoption and foster care, and considering neurodiversity in parenthood—your own, your kids’ or both. I frequently work with families navigating a new diagnosis (ADHD, autism, anxiety, sensory differences), preparing for adoption, or needing help with school advocacy. Many parents I work with are exploring their own regulation and self tending needs in the wake of the assessment and diagnosis process to better understand their kids’ behavior, sensitivities, or educational needs.
If your child already has a play therapist, academic tutor, or other dedicated support, let’s chat about how focusing on your own needs and parenting experience can be a positive addition to the mix.
What’s your approach?
The ways I work with families emerge from a combination of attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and playful parenting. I’m creative and neurodiverse, so I bring this lens to parenthood through gentle structure, buckets of flexible tools, and practical strategies for navigating big behaviors.
I see our work as a partnership built on collaboration and mutual respect. I won’t tell you what to do, but I will share how I’m seeing things and expect you’ll do the same. I regard you as the expert on your child; together we can develop your tools for decoding their behavior and meeting your own needs in the mix.
Are you a parent?
I am! Being a parent is an essential part of my identity and worldview. I share a fabulous teenager with my partner of 26 years. Our 8yo puppy rounds out our family and keeps us laughing & snuggling!
Do you get what teachers need?
I do! Much of my study and training over the past 5 years has been toward connecting big behaviors in the classroom to supports from the fields of child development, neurodiversity, and the traum-informed schools movement.
I began my career as a preschool and high school teacher before a graduate degree in psychology. I’m excited to bring these fields together through advocacy for your child’s learning needs and practical support for teachers.
“Sometimes children do not connect or reconnect so easily.
They may feel so isolated that they retreat into a corner, or come out aggressively with both arms swinging.
They may be annoying, obnoxious, or downright infuriating as they try desperately to signal us that they need more connection.
These situations call for creating more playtime,
not doling out punishment or leaving the lonely child all alone.”
― Larry Cohen, play therapist