Adult Counseling
Stuck? Lost? Broken? If what you are trying isn’t working I would love to work with you to promote change. I see people for struggles in their family relationships, medical trauma, previous abuse, self harm, behavior difficulties, and whatever else comes up along the way. I work well with people who can be honest with themselves even when it isn’t pretty. My goal is for you to heal, learn, and get back to your life.
Parent Support
Parenting comes with high levels of effort, self-doubt and fear. Knowing the future seems to be a required skill but last I knew, no one has learned how. Nonetheless, I would venture you know more than you realize; and together we can use your knowledge of your kid and my expertise to create a better way forward. I would be honored to help you relearn your strengths as a parent and consult with you as you nurture your child’s strengths.
Child Counseling
Learning the world and what to expect is tough. Children have so much to figure out. Unfortunately, events can happen that add to this struggle. Having a place to work through this difficulty can help kids and parents find growth and a way forward.
Children learn, explore, and think best through play. Even when speaking is not difficult and kids can tell you how they feel, play is optimal. Many adults know if they are “hands on” or auditory learners. Children are play learners. So for therapy, play is required to learn new skills, such as self-control or to resolve trauma. For children to heal and grow the required elements are: a safe environment, a focused therapist, and play!
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Adolescent Counseling
Gaining emotional independence is difficult and can strain even the most adaptable kid, and the adults who love them. Then if learning differences, medical issues, grief or any of the other myriad of possibilities is added on top of a developmentally tough time often additional reinforcements can be helpful! I love to work with teens and their parents navigating this rollercoaster time of life.
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
We help children develop necessary physical, cognitive, and sensory skills so they can perform their tasks more independently at home. We work to strengthen the development of fine, sensory and visual motor skills, that children need to function and socialize.
Emotional Transformation Therapy
This treatment model typically has quick results with minimal need to talk about the issue that brought the client into the office. It works extremely well with individuals who are emotional when they think about the problem they have and even more so if the problem has not been chronic; however, this treatment works well with chronic concerns as well but it does take more time as did the original issue.
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Many people are surprised after an ETT session because experiences may take place so quickly and strongly by a means that is unfamiliar to most people. How could looking at a light, a color or changing the angle at which light enters the eyes have such a strong effect? It is not commonly known that the system of nerves that carry out vision extends throughout the brain and nervous system. By carefully using this visual neural system in recently discovered ways, changes can be made that are quite striking.
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This treatment works within a therapeutic relationship, visual brain stimulation can be used to relieve distress at rapid speeds. When light enters a person’s eyes, there are cells in the eyes called photoreceptors that convert what one sees into neural impulses. These impulses travel to almost every part of the brain and nervous system. If the therapist controls certain features of what the client sees, the direction and destination of the neural impulses can be precisely guided to the portions of the brain responsible for a certain symptom. When this process is guided well, the exact emotions, memories or thoughts responsible for a particular distress can be brought to complete relief in seconds, minutes or usually within a single session.
Many people wonder how light stimulation could possibly change chemical activity in the brain that is associated with emotional distress. Every cell in our bodies has integral membrane proteins (IMP). One class of these IMPs converts vibration such as light into biochemical signals. If a particular wavelength of light matches the targeted emotional or physical state, the experience of “resonance” is thought to occur. This principle can also be seen when one tuning fork vibrates and causes another tuning fork to also vibrate at the same rate. In the case of light resonating with emotion, the result is often a very rapid change in biochemistry and the conclusion of the targeted emotion.
