Family Therapy

Develop empathic understanding of all family members perspectives

Family therapy has been a critical part of my private practice experience for the last 11 years. Family therapy is often overlooked when treating adolescents and young adults. I help families understand that they function as a system, and support each person in understanding their role that contributes to the family dynamic. I utilize talk therapy as well as in-session structured activities to encourage connection, healthy confrontation, and healing within the family.

I provide family therapy as a stand-alone service or (when clinically indicated) as an adjunctive intervention for my individual therapy patients. Please see the My Background and Approach section for more information regarding this specialty.

I have 2 years post masters training in family therapy. I am an approved supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy ( AAMFT). I have been a practicing family therapist for over 30 years. Besides therapy, I have provided supervision, consultation, and training in working with families in various settings both here and abroad

I provide family therapy and parent-based SPACE therapy. Please see the My Background and Approach section for more information regarding this specialty.

I work with the entire family to improve communication, increase connection and restore harmony.

As a family therapist, I see families as interconnected systems where changes for one member can ripple through the entire family. My role is to guide your family through these changes. In my office, everyone is encouraged to participate—because the more voices, the richer the insights and outcomes! I specialize in improving communication and mutual understanding among family members as you adapt and overcome challenges together.

I approach family therapy with curiosity, clarity, and care - joining with each member to understand their unique perspective and emotional experience. I help families uncover unspoken roles, expectations, and intergenerational dynamics that contribute to tension. Through this process, we work toward clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and more respectful, sustainable relationships.

I believe that the space between people is the most powerful place to create change. We are all embedded in relationships and come from families, no matter our current situations, and even individuals carry with us a history of those relationships. A family systems orientation lets me take into account far more than just what's in any one person's "head" when it comes to getting unstuck. I am a Clinical Fellow of AAMFT and have held leadership positions in many family therapy organizations.

Families can be the most joyous experience in anyone’s life but also the most challenging and sometimes heart breaking. These are the people you are the closest with in your life and share a deep bond with. I look at everyone’s perspective in the challenges that they face and work together to find the best possible outcome. Everyone’s voice should and will be heard when we work together.

Please see the My Background and Approach section for more information regarding this specialty.

My passion is to help families who are hanging on by a string. The love that parents have for their children is universal. Every parent wants to provide their children with more than what they had growing up. But the blueprint of parenting that we were raised by is entirely different from the blueprint needed to raise a teen in our ever-changing, technology-driven, modern day culture. Parenting is the most humbling journey with the most steep learning curve but you are not alone.

I received formal training in family therapy using a systemic approach. I have experience working with multigenerational families on a variety of issues.

As a trained marriage and family therapist associate, I have an education based specifically in therapeutic treatment within the context of relationships. Our relationships with those in our families are the first relationships we have in life and shape every relationship we form therein after. I specifically have experience helping families with adult children explore and process their family dynamic to better function and communicate.