We offer individual and family psychotherapy for adolescents, along with parent consultation and school collaboration when appropriate.

By the time parents begin exploring therapy, many feel worried, frustrated, or unsure how best to support their child. Our goal is to make therapy a constructive and empowering experience for both adolescents and their families.

We view parents as essential partners in the process and respect the knowledge they have of their child. While beginning therapy may involve some parent guidance, adolescents often become thoughtful observers of their own internal experiences and behaviors, and many come to value the process of treatment.

When appropriate, we coordinate with others involved in your child’s care - such as psychiatrists, tutors, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and educational consultants - to ensure continuity and communication across settings. We also work closely with teachers and administrators at many local and boarding schools.

Life stressors we commonly address include:

• academic pressures

• parent-child attachment concerns

• divorce

• parenting conflicts and dilemmas

• bereavement (including a specialty in the loss of a sibling)

• identity development, including gender diversity

• medical and health-related psychological concerns

• trauma (e.g., childhood physical or sexual abuse, serious accident)

Areas of diagnostic focus include:

• emotion regulation difficulties

• substance use

• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• generalized anxiety disorder

• obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

• panic attacks

• separation anxiety

• depression

• oppositional defiant disorder

• gender dysphoria