The first step is to discuss your concerns with me and to assess whether my expertise and perspective is a good fit for you. All work begins with a brief discovery call and a formal, paid consultation. Please contact me to get started.

Parent coaching is a CBT-based approach to help parents develop:

• A better understanding of the source of conflict or difference with their children and

• Tools for building a collaborative, supportive and conducive relationship with children that is anchored in mutual understanding, empathy and respect.

I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills (DBT skills), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to guide individuals towards personalized solutions to alleviate symptoms of anxiety and mood disorders. For AD/HD also, a CBT-based approach is used along with both cognitive and metacognitive strategy instruction. Treatment is anchored in an understanding of development and individual differences, as well as the impact of ecological factors on individual functioning (including culture). I employ a strengths-based, person-centered, relational approach to all my work.

Executive function difficulties often arise due to a mismatch between the learners’ skills and developmental level on one hand, and environmental demands on the other. Executive dysfunction may also a symptom of other problems including anxiety and mood disorders, sleep disruption, trauma, and increased stress, to name just a few. To support executive function, I use a multipronged approach including:

• Identifying the root cause of the dysfunction and addressing this,

• Consulting with school and family to see how best to adjust demands so they are within grasp of the learner, and

• Working with the learner to develop personalized strategies for the specific executive skills that are lacking or problematic.

Fostering self-understanding (i.e., metacognition) is a key aspect of this treatment protocol. The learner’s strategies are scaffolded using coaching.

Initially, meetings are typically once weekly. As skills and strategies become internalized and generalized, I often draw down the frequency to 1x2weeks based on mutual agreement. Eventually, the treatment frequency is reduced to 1x month, 1x3 months, and finally to an annual check-in as needed. Based on the need and mutual agreement, when I start to work with a minor on a weekly basis, the treatment may also include periodic meetings with parents.

Treatment is concluded either when treatment goals are met or by mutual agreement.

No. However, upon request I will provide an invoice that you can submit to your insurance. Some families have successfully used their HSA/FSA accounts to pay for my services. Please check with your plan.

Information discussed in therapeutic tutoring sessions is privileged and treated as confidential. Confidentially can be breached when there are concerns about safety, to protect the client and the public from serious harm. Disclosures regarding self-harm, and attempts to harm others falls under this clause. This policy is consistent with the ethical guidelines for practice per the National Association of School Psychologists (www.nasponline.org) and the American Psychological Association (www.apa.org).