Parent Guidance & Family Therapy

As a child psychologist with specialized training in family therapy and parent interventions, I bring extensive experience helping families navigate a wide range of challenges—from behavioral issues and emotional distress to substance use and the many complex issues facing today’s youth.

Parent Guidance

I offer individual sessions for parents and caregivers of children, teens, and young adults. These sessions are focused on giving you practical tools and strategies to manage specific challenges your child is facing—whether related to addiction, mental health, or difficult behaviors. While your child is not present in these sessions, they may be invited to join at a later stage if helpful.

Parent guidance is not family therapy, it is a more directive, skills training approach to specific target behaviors and challenges following therapy approaches such as CRAFT in those with addiction and Barkley Parent Training as well as Green’s Collaborative Problem-Solving for general challenging behaviors.

I also have specific experience in supporting parents navigate issues around climate change; how to talk to children about this topic and how to build resilience and coping in this landscape of uncertainty.

Family Therapy

Family therapy would include all relevant family members including the child and others as indicated. These details can be discussed during the initial meeting. I typically incorporate Brief Strategic Family Therapy and my training from Dr. Anne Fishel at MGH Family & Couples Therapy training program into my work to improve family relationships, communication, boundaries, and improve conflict resolution.

  • Parent guidance or Family therapy sessions start with a conversation called an “initial assessment” about the challenges being faced. This is done through a series of questions and folks involved may also be asked to complete some questionnaires to help me better understand the situation.

    Parent guidance sessions would be parents only. Family sessions would include all relevant parties involved.

    At the end of this meeting, feedback is then provided regarding the circumstances, and a plan is developed collaboratively as to what type of support might be helpful.

    Sessions maybe conducted weekly or less frequently depending on needs and circumstances.

  • I do not accept insurance at this time, and thus sessions will be billed to you and considered out-of-network for insurance purposes. You would be responsible for payment in full; however, I can provide you with an invoice to submit to your insurance company for any reimbursement you are eligible for. Some or all of the costs may be covered. It is recommended that you contact your insurance to determine any coverage eligibility.

    Please reach out to me regarding pricing.

  • All sessions are remote/telehealth video-based. You must be in the state of Massachusetts or New Hampshire at the time of the appointment to be seen (you can reside in another state).

  • All therapy sessions are confidential and conform to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

    The telehealth video platform is HIPAA compliant. Therapy sessions are documented in a HIPAA secured electronic-health record (EHR). No one can access your EHR without your written informed consent.