Parenting a child who is having difficulties at home or in school is very hard work. I help children ages 12+ and their parents find strategies to meet these early life challenges by:
Working with teens connecting with them on their level.
Supporting parents during these difficult situations
Teaching parents strategies to help their children
Although I work with all types of families and their (pre)teen children, I specialize in working with families experiencing the challenges of high-conflict divorce and blended (step) families.
Some of the challenges that I help children/adolescents and their parents work through include:
Behavior Difficulties: Fighting at school or home, parent-child conflicts, drug use, etc.
Depression: In childhood and adolescence, depression can manifest with irritable mood, anger, lack of interest or participation in previously enjoyable activities or withdrawing from friends and family.
Anxiety: Difficulty leaving parents, excessive worries about the safety of self and others, compulsive behaviors, indecisiveness or fearfulness.
Trauma: Experiencing a history of abuse, neglect or chronic mis-attunement. Symptoms of trauma can look like overwhelming sadness or anxiety, and feelings of being unsafe in the world.
Grief and Loss: Coping with death of family or friends, or divorce in parents.
Social Issues: Having difficulty making friends, shyness, hostility, passivity or conflicts with peers.
High Conflict Divorce: High conflict divorce brings
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