Services Provided

I provide therapy for teens, adults, and parents of children of all ages. The majority of my individual therapy clients have anxiety or a related disorder.  The majority of parents I work with are filled with parenting stress, fueled by the worry that their child’s behaviors will continue to get worse. You can read more about my specific expertise below, but my hope is that I can give you a template for reclaiming your life from anxiety or I can help you remove the guesswork from your interactions with your child.

I specialize in the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. These may manifest in various ways:

  • Avoidance of anxiety-provoking people and situations
  • Excessive worry about different things like social situations, school, work, illness, death, and the possibility of “bad things” happening
  • Excessive fear about specific things like vomit or having a panic attack
  • Physical manifestation of anxiety (headaches, upset stomach)
  • Ritualistic behaviors or obsessions (obsessive compulsive disorder)
  • Motor or vocal tics (blinking, repeating words, etc.)
  • Post-traumatic stress

I additionally specialize in working with parents of children of all ages with a range of symptoms including:

  • Refusal to follow rules and requests
  • Temper tantrums
  • Aggressive or destructive behaviors
  • Adult children who are overly dependent on their parents

This work is tailored to your family. At the same time, it’s driven by core principles identified as most helpful to addressing child behavior problems by research scholars1 and the CDC2. These principles both work to amplify what is good and positive through parent-child interaction, attention, and rewards and to decrease undesirable behaviors through clear expectations and consistent responses to child behavior.

As your child enters young adulthood, the core principles guiding my parent consultation shifts to some degree. Based on my training on practices that support adults’ independent functioning3, limit setting and reducing unnecessary accommodations become the primary focus of therapy.

1 Kaminski, J. W., Valle, L. A., Filene, J. H., & Boyle, C. L. (2008). A meta-analytic review of components associated with parent training program effectiveness. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36(4), 567-589.  
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control.
3 Dulberger, D., & Omer, H. (2021). Non-emerging adulthood: Helping parents of adult children with entrenched dependence. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108891240 You can get a preview of my parenting consultation services here.

I am licensed in the states of Washington and California. In addition, I am part of the psychology interstate compact, “PSYPACT,” which allows me to see clients residing in any PSYPACT state (https://psypact.gov/page/psypactmap.  My in person-services are provided in Bellevue, Washington. I provide therapy services virtually (“telehealth”) using a confidential video service. Telehealth has been found to be effective at addressing mental health concerns for both children and adults though it is not appropriate for all clients and all situations. We can figure out the ideal format (all-in person, all telehealth, or some combination) based on your needs and preferences.

Individuals who identify as (or have intersecting identities across) lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, non-binary, queer, or intersex, as well as people are from minoritized groups will have experiences that differ from my own. This is an unsurprising statement of fact, as are the elevated rates of anxiety and depression reported by BIPOC and LGBTQI+ youth1, adults2, and parents3. While I do not have lived experience of the external and internal stressors that are embedded within the systems we live and seemingly the air we breathe, I’m writing this note to signal that I’m affirming of differences. My practice is a safe space for you to share your experiences and your identities, even if you are in the process of exploring them, to the extent that you’d like to do so. I’m smart enough to know you are the expert on your life, ambitious enough to think we can understand one another, and optimistic enough to believe that we can collaborate in a way that allows you to withstand many stressors by building upon your inherent resilience. 

1 e.g. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2020/
2 e.g. Wang, M. L., & Narcisse, M. R. (2025). Discrimination, depression, and anxiety among US adults. JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e252404.
3e.g. Matsuzaka, S., Mountz, S., & Avery, L. R. (2026). Parental Stress, Minority Stress, and Depression Among LGBTQ+ Parents. LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1-17.

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