Therapy Services

Therapy for Teens & Support for Parents

Healing Anxiety, Trauma, Depression & Strengthening Family Communication

Adolescence can be an intense and confusing season for teens and for the parents who love them. Between academic pressure, social dynamics, identity development, and the emotional weight of today’s world, many teens find themselves overwhelmed, anxious, withdrawn, or struggling to cope. Parents often feel unsure how to help, worried they’re saying the wrong thing, or caught in cycles of conflict and disconnection.

I offer compassionate, trauma-informed psychotherapy for teens and their parents, helping families move from stress and reactivity toward understanding, regulation, and connection.

Common Challenges I Support Teens With:

Teen therapy is not about “fixing” your child, it’s about creating a safe space where they can understand themselves, feel heard, and build skills for emotional resilience. I work with teens who are experiencing:

• Anxiety, panic, and chronic worry
• Depression, sadness, or emotional numbness
• Trauma and overwhelming life experiences
• Difficulty navigating friendships, peer pressure, or social anxiety
• School stress, perfectionism, or burnout
• Emotional reactivity, shutdown, or anger
• Low self-esteem or identity confusion

Many teens struggle to put words to what they feel. Therapy helps them reconnect with their inner world, regulate their nervous system, and develop tools to handle emotions and relationships with more confidence and clarity.

Supporting Parents Along the Way

When a teen is struggling, the entire family feels it. Parents are often doing their very best—yet still feel helpless, exhausted, or disconnected. I believe parents are an essential part of the healing process.

Parent support may include:

• Understanding what’s happening beneath your teen’s behavior
• Learning how anxiety and trauma affect the nervous system
• Improving communication and reducing power struggles
• Navigating boundaries with empathy and clarity
• Repairing trust and rebuilding emotional connection
• Supporting your teen without over-functioning or shutting down

Parent sessions or family check-ins are offered as clinically appropriate, always with respect for your teen’s confidentiality and autonomy.

A Trauma-Informed, Nervous-System-Based Approach

Teens don’t just need someone to talk to, they need support that works with the brain and body, not against them. My approach is gentle, relational, and developmentally attuned. Rather than focusing solely on behavior, we address the underlying emotional and physiological patterns driving distress.

Therapy may include:

• Trauma-informed and somatic interventions
• Nervous system regulation and emotional awareness
• Strength-based skill building
• Collaborative goal setting with teens
• Parent guidance rooted in compassion, not blame

Sessions are paced carefully, honoring where your teen is and what feels safe for them.

What Families Often Notice Over Time

While every teen’s journey is unique, families often report:

• Reduced anxiety and emotional overwhelm
• Improved mood and emotional expression
• Healthier communication at home
• Greater confidence in social situations
• Increased connection and trust between parents and teens

Therapy for Professionals

Support for Anxiety, Stress & the Hidden Cost of High Responsibility

From the outside, you may appear successful, capable, and composed. On the inside, you might feel chronically stressed, anxious, depleted, or disconnected from yourself and the people you care about. Many professionals carry immense responsibility—at work and at home—without adequate space to process the emotional and physiological toll it takes.

I provide psychotherapy for professionals navigating anxiety, burnout, and stress across both personal and professional spheres. Therapy offers a confidential, nonjudgmental space to slow down, recalibrate your nervous system, and reconnect with what truly supports your well-being.

Common Challenges Professionals Bring to Therapy

Many of the professionals I work with are high-achieving, thoughtful, and deeply committed to their roles, yet feel overwhelmed beneath the surface. You may be experiencing:

• Chronic anxiety, worry, or racing thoughts
• Work-related stress, burnout, or compassion fatigue
• Difficulty turning your mind “off” outside of work
• Emotional exhaustion or feeling numb
• Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, or self-criticism
• Sleep disturbances or somatic symptoms of stress
• Strain in relationships due to overwork or emotional withdrawal
• A sense of losing yourself in your role or responsibilities

Often, stress is not just cognitive, it lives in the body. Therapy helps address both.

A Space Where You Don’t Have to Hold It All Together

Many professionals are used to being the helper, the leader, or the one others rely on. In therapy, you don’t need to perform, explain, or stay composed. This is a space where you can be honest about the weight you’re carrying and explore what it’s costing you, without shame or pressure to “fix” yourself.

Our work focuses on:

• Understanding how stress and anxiety impact your nervous system
• Identifying patterns of over-functioning or emotional suppression
• Reconnecting with your internal cues and needs
• Creating sustainable boundaries between work and personal life
• Supporting emotional regulation and resilience under pressure

A Nervous-System-Informed, Trauma-Aware Approach

Stress and anxiety are not personal failures—they are signals from your nervous system. My approach goes beyond surface-level coping strategies and helps you work with the underlying physiology driving anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout.

Therapy may include:

• Trauma-informed and somatic interventions
• Nervous system regulation and stress processing
• Mind-body awareness and emotional integration
• Support for work-life balance that feels realistic and embodied
• A collaborative, respectful therapeutic relationship

This work is especially supportive for professionals in high-stakes, caregiving, leadership, or performance-driven roles.

What Clients Often Experience Over Time

While each person’s process is unique, many professionals notice:

• Reduced anxiety and internal pressure
• Improved focus, clarity, and emotional regulation
• Greater ease separating work stress from personal life
• Increased capacity for rest and presence
• More authentic connection in relationships
• A renewed sense of alignment and meaning

Therapy isn’t about doing more, it’s about learning how to live and work without constant activation and depletion.

Therapy That Honors Your Whole Life

Your professional identity is important but it is not the whole of who you are. Therapy provides space to reconnect with yourself beyond your role, integrate your experiences, and create a life that feels more sustainable, grounded, and alive.

If you’re feeling stretched thin, overwhelmed, or disconnected, support is available. You don’t have to carry it alone.