How Can I Help?

I specialize in Play Therapy. It is a form of counseling or psychotherapy that uses play to communicate with and help people, especially children, to prevent or resolve psychosocial challenges. This is thought to help them towards better social integration, growth and development.
I can help you and your child with a number of issues:

Behavioral Problems

  • Aggressive acting-out
  • Withdrawn behavior and selective mutism
  • Age inappropriate sexual acting-out
  • Impulse Control

Emotional and Cognitive Problems

  • Anxiety
  • Depressive episodes and adjustment disorder
  • Lack of motivation                          
  • Difficulties concentrating or staying on a task
  • Difficulties expressing or managing emotions
  • Asperger’s syndrome
  • Difficulty with bonding
  • Excessive need for control
  • Lack of self-esteem

Social Problems

  • Difficulty establishing or maintaining friendships
  • Difficulty adjusting to new social environments
  • Acculturation
  • Bullying
  • Issues that interfere with academic performance

Trauma

  • Emotional abuse, neglect and domestic violence
  • Sexual abuse
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Loss and grief
  • Illness or hospitalization

Stress Management

  • Development of coping skills
  • Crisis intervention
  • Suicidal ideation and suicide prevention

Family and Parenting

  • Lack of connection with your child
  • Lack of joy in parenting
  • Ineffective communication
  • Ineffective discipline methods
  • Frequent conflicts with your child or spouse/partner
  • Feelings of guilt over not liking your child
  • Foster families difficulties
  • Adjustment difficulties of adopted children from Eastern Europe and other countries
  • Divorced and blended families