Our Services

When parents are the primary client…

Parents are always welcomed to come to therapy for themselves and we feel passionately about helping parents work through the variety of factors that contribute to their own fulfillment and joy in parenting, and their daily life. Whether you’re searching for coping skills for parenting a complex child, want to develop strategies for stress and anxiety, heal your own attachment wounds and difficult patterns, or a variety of other issues that impact you, we are here to support, guide, and help you find peace with yourself. Parent work is often a dynamic mix of individual psychotherapy and hands-on parenting support.

When a child is the primary client…

We still begin with the parent(s) for at least one 55-minute session. We want to begin the support for your child by learning about them through your lens. The parent session helps us learn about your child’s developmental history, family values and goals, and gain meaningful direction for the process.

Parent Sessions

Through play, conversation, movement, children’s literature, and hands-on creative activities, children will learn new ways to express themselves, build coping skills, and strengthen social skills. Sometimes, we are working on global developmental, social, emotional, or behavioral goals and other times, more specific granular skills that can translate across settings.

Child sessions are appropriate for all kinds of children, whether or not they have a formal diagnosis.

Many children come into therapy with a multitude of helpful skills and high emotional intelligence, yet struggle with emotional dysregulation or consistent skills.

Many children also come to therapy that may have characteristics that align with an anxiety diagnosis, ODD, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, PDA, or depression. Some children come to therapy to practice social skills or navigating peer relationships, grief and loss, low self-esteem, perfectionism, life transitions like moving or welcoming a new sibling, trauma, frustration tolerance, a new or chronic medical diagnoses, or challenging behaviors. We believe therapy can be a good fit for all kinds of children with a wide range of needs.

All to say: children benefit from therapy for many different reasons!

Child Sessions almost always begin with a brief parent(s)-child-therapist check-in at the beginning of the session and include a debrief at the end of the session. We typically keep a 3:1 ratio of child sessions to parent sessions so that parents can engage in a more thorough session without the presence of their child.

Virtual child support is available in certain situations. Read more about virtual child sessions here.

Child sessions

Nutrition Support

Feeding a family is often difficult and we want to help families enjoy it more, find meaning, and support their wellbeing.

Nutrition services are intended to provide support for families who are struggling to feed their family for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, foods have become a power struggle and suddenly parents are short order cooks and trying to avoid meltdowns when the bananas are too mushy or pasta is too sticky. Other times, serious allergies or medical conditions have created stress and limitations for food options. Some children struggle with selective eating, poor appetite or atypical hunger signals, food aversions, or emotional responses to food.

Nutrition support is meant to lower the stress, provide education, and offer practical solutions when social, emotional, and mental health intersects with food and mealtimes.

  • Eating can feel even more complicated for neurodivergent children and their families. Sensory sensitivities, interoceptive differences, motor challenges, anxiety, rigidity, demand avoidance, executive functioning difficulties, and medical concerns can all influence a child's relationship with food.

    Our approach integrates child development, family systems, neurodiversity-affirming care, and evidence-based nutrition support to help the entire family thrive.

    Nutrition support may include:

    • Responding to selective or highly restrictive eating

    • Expanding food variety and flexibility

    • Understanding sensory-based feeding challenges

    • Strategies to minimize stress, anxiety, or power struggles around food

    • Education about how neurodevelopmental conditions impacts physical, social, and emotional aspects of eating

    • Hunger, fullness, and body awareness skills

    • Supporting adequate nutrition and growth

    • Family mealtime routines and accommodations

    • Parent coaching and collaborative problem-solving

  • We are excited to launch new 60 minute workshops that meet for 3 weeks at a time.

    These workshops cover topics relevant to any and all families, but with special consideration for selective eating and other special dietary considerations, or any family who is experiencing challenging meals or meeting the nutrient needs in their family.

    We use a developmental, neurobiological, and psychological framework to dive into how children eat, why, and how to support healthy relationships with food, increase nutrition, and find ways to enjoy feeding your children.

  • Our whole child nutrition support is meant for any and all families. We use developmental science, family systems theory, and nutrition science to help families solve their trickiest eating issues.

    These sessions are perfect for youth athletes, busy families, people who love to cook or want to avoid it at all costs, families with complex nutrition needs or challenges, or just want to make sure they’re responding to all the needs of their growing children.

    The idea behind these sessions is to equip parents with all the information and tools they need to help their specific family thrive.

    We take a highly individualized approach to how we learn about your unique family and your dietary needs and preferences.