Specialty

Kids + teens.

Telehealth therapy for kids and teens across New York, with parent consultation built in.

Anxiety · School Stress · Learning Differences · Transitions · Friendships · Identity · Family Dynamics · And More

What Parents Notice

If any of this is familiar.

Worries that are big for their age and getting bigger
Sunday-night stomachaches and battles over school
A confident kid who suddenly isn’t
Holding it together all day at school, then falling apart at home
Big transitions: divorce, a move, a new sibling, a loss
A teen who’s pulled away, and you can’t tell if it’s normal

The Approach

How I work with kids.

Sessions run on a kid’s terms: talk, drawing, games, whatever fits how they actually process. A lot of the work is giving them a place that’s theirs, where they have a say, their pace gets respected, and nobody is managing them into opening up. Autonomy is the point: kids talk when the room is actually theirs.

Parents aren’t left in the hallway. Parent consultation is built into the work, and the initial consult is where we decide together whether telehealth is the right fit for your child.

Background

What I bring to this.

I graduated from New York University with an undergraduate degree in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies, and my early clinical work was with kids. In schools, I helped build a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum, provided in-school interventions, and worked closely with students with learning disabilities, keeping parents and teachers in the loop. At NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, I did therapeutic play with hospitalized children.

I bring attachment-focused, inner-child-informed depth work to clients of all ages, which means I take childhood seriously twice: once with the kids living it now, and again with the adults still carrying theirs.

Parental Support

Sometimes the work is with you.

Some parents come without their kid: to work through how to show up for a child who’s struggling, their own parenting history, or the family dynamics playing out at home.

This isn’t parenting-tips coaching. It’s depth work on the patterns you brought into parenting, so they stop running the show. Sometimes the most effective way to help a kid is to support the parent.

Questions

Kids + teens therapy questions.

Does telehealth actually work for kids?

For many kids, yes, and for some it’s easier: a familiar room, no waiting area, a screen they’re already comfortable with. For others it isn’t the right fit, and I’ll tell you honestly at the consult.

My kid has a learning disability. Do you work with that?

Yes. My school-based work included close support for students with learning disabilities. Therapy isn’t academic support, but the frustration, self-esteem hits, and school anxiety that come with learning differently respond to the work.

Will you tell me what my child talks about?

You’ll always know how the work is going: themes, progress, and what would help at home come to you through parent consultation. The specifics of what your child says are confidential, the same way therapy is confidential for adults, because kids only speak freely when they trust that their privacy is real. Your child knows these rules too: we go over what stays private and what gets shared at the very start, so nobody is guessing. The exception is safety: if there’s ever a concern about your child’s safety or someone else’s, you’ll hear from me directly.

How involved will I be as a parent?

Built in from the start. Younger kids’ work runs alongside regular parent consultation. With teens, involvement is calibrated to their age and what the work needs.

Can I get support around my kid without my kid in therapy?

Yes. Parental support is its own lane in my practice, and sometimes the most effective way to help a kid is to support the parent.

They’re carrying more than they can say.

The consultation is completely free, and it’s just the adults to start. We’ll figure out the right shape for the work together.