Not exactly.
Behavior matters, of course — especially when everyone is exhausted and the wheels are fully off. But I do not start by asking, “How do we make this stop?” I start by asking, “What is this behavior trying to communicate?”
In this work, we look underneath the anxiety, shutdown, anger, masking, refusal, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or overwhelm to understand the nervous system and relational patterns underneath. From there, change becomes less about control and more about safety, repair, and finding a way forward that actually fits.
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy means I do not see ADHD, autism, AuDHD, sensory sensitivity, big emotions, or different ways of thinking and feeling as problems to erase.
Instead of trying to make you or your child look more “normal,” we work to understand your nervous system, reduce shame, support real needs, and build more safety, connection, and choice.
Yes. Parent work can be powerful all on its own.
Sometimes the most helpful place to begin is with the parent’s nervous system, patterns, grief, overwhelm, or old survival responses. When parents feel more steady and supported, the whole family system can begin to shift.
That is welcome here.
You do not have to arrive certain. You may be questioning, newly exploring, self-identified, recently diagnosed, or quietly holding a giant pile of “wait, is this me?” tabs open in your brain.
We can explore what fits, what does not, what has been true across your life, and what kind of support might actually help.
An intensive gives us more time than a standard weekly therapy session to follow the deeper thread.
We may explore masking, burnout, identity, grief, sensory needs, boundaries, executive functioning, relationships, parenting, attachment wounds, or the ways you learned to survive by becoming easier for other people.
This is not a productivity makeover.
It is focused therapeutic work to help you understand yourself more clearly, reconnect with your needs, and begin building a life that fits your actual nervous system.
This is therapy.
We may absolutely talk about practical strategies, routines, boundaries, scripts, communication, pacing, and real-life support. But the work is grounded in clinical training, attachment, nervous system regulation, grief, trauma-informed care, and the emotional meaning underneath the patterns.
In other words: yes, we can talk about your calendar. (And maybe why you have…six of them?)
But we are also going to talk about why your calendar feels like it is personally trying to ruin your life.
I work with infants and young children together with their parents, especially when concerns may be connected to pregnancy, birth, bonding, medical experiences, early stress, or other pre-verbal experiences.
For older children and teens, fit depends less on age and more on whether virtual therapy feels workable. Because sessions are online, your child needs to be able to navigate a tablet, phone, or laptop with some independence, follow links, use a mouse or trackpad if needed, and reconnect if the connection drops.
That said, virtual therapy does not mean we sit frozen in little screen boxes pretending that eye contact is the whole point. We may use movement, drawing, play, objects, fidgets, conversation, parent support, or camera-off moments depending on what helps your child stay present.
We will decide together whether virtual therapy feels appropriate for your child and family.
Intensives are not a crisis service or a substitute for a higher level of care. If you are actively suicidal, at risk of harming yourself, unable to stay safe, or needing frequent support between sessions to get through the day, you deserve more immediate and consistent care than this format can provide.
That does not mean you are “too much.” It means your nervous system needs a wider net.
A crisis team, emergency evaluation, intensive outpatient program, or ongoing local therapist may be the safer next step. Intensives are for focused therapeutic work when you are stable enough to reflect, process, and begin making meaningful changes with support.
All sessions are virtual.
I primarily serve clients located in Washington and Montana. I may also be able to provide telehealth services to clients physically located in Idaho under my Idaho telehealth registration.

Other than that, you can be in your cozy bedroom in PJs, in a treehouse, or at the edge of lake…
An intensive may be a good fit if you want focused, deeper support around late-realized neurodivergence, burnout, masking, identity, grief, boundaries, parenting, or nervous system repair — and you feel ready to show up with curiosity, commitment, and motivation for the work.
We will begin with a $25 consultation to talk through what is happening, what you are hoping for, and whether this format makes sense for your needs. If you decide to move forward, the consultation fee will be deducted from the cost of your first session.
If another kind of support would be a better fit, I will tell you that too. No therapeutic mystery maze required.
That happens.
Sometimes therapy does not help because the approach was too surface-level, too worksheet-heavy, too focused on behavior, or not attuned to neurodivergence, trauma, grief, attachment, or the nervous system. If previous therapy left you feeling misunderstood or managed instead of helped, we can talk about what did not fit and what you may need differently now.
Yes. A diagnosis is not required.
We can work with what is actually happening: big emotions, anxiety, shutdown, sensory overwhelm, conflict, grief, masking, school stress, or behavior that seems to be communicating something deeper. Labels can be useful, but they are not the doorway into being understood.

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