SERVICES
Adolescent Therapy
Today’s teens deal with academic pressure, social conflict, navigating influence from peers, meeting expectations of parents, teachers, and coaches, complex social media stressors, all while developing the decision making part of their brains. These factors are made all the more complicated by the recent youth mental health crisis. Many parents feel helpless when their teen is experiencing mental health issues and struggle in connecting them with the appropriate care, finding many providers inept and inexperienced in working with adolescents.
Liz has a unique connection and approach to therapy with adolescents. She sees her role as guiding teens and their families through challenges with support and expertise. Her warm and friendly approach combined with the developmental awareness of adolescent behavior and her ability to work effectively with the families of her teen clients sets her apart. Liz has worked with teen clients with a range of issues, including ADHD and neurodivergence, self-harm, depression, anxiety, executive functioning challenges, emotional regulation challenges, bullying, and eating disorders.
Family Therapy
When families experience conflict, it can shake the foundation of the family system and change relationships forever. Attempting to make changes within families without help can be incredibly challenging. Liz is trained as a family therapist and specializes in improving communication between family members as well as decreasing conflict. She has worked with a wide range of diverse families working through challenges including divorce, co-parenting struggles, communication issues, family conflict, parent-child relationship issues, and family executive functioning challenges. Liz also provides parenting support sessions to parents of children with specific behavioral or mental health challenges.
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
(TF-CBT)
Liz is certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidence-based form of therapy used to reduce PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents. She has specialized experience working with girls and young women who have experienced sexual abuse and assault. Children who may be candidates for TF-CBT may have experienced abuse, neglect, loss of a caregiver or family member, displacement from their family of origin, and/or witnessed a traumatic event or natural disaster. Liz uses TF-CBT to work with children and adolescents with PTSD while also providing support and guidance to their parents and/or caregivers. Learn more about TF-CBT here.