My office is currently located in McLean, Virginia for in-person appointments, and I am using a HIPAA Compliant facetime for online coaching and therapy. If you do not live in this area, I am available across the country.  Contact me to make an appointment.

Services Provided:

ADD Coaching For Children

  • Organization Skills
  • Study Skills
  • Self-Soothing
  • Behavior Modification
  • Parent/Child Communication
  • Social Skills
  • Identify Co-Morbid Disorders associated with ADD (Ex. Anxiety, Depression)
  • Access the Creative Mind-Set
  • Anti-Bullying Training
  • Identifying Executive Function Deficits

ADD Coaching For Adolescents

  • Organization Skills
  • Study Skills
  • Behavior Modification
  • Time Management
  • Risky Behavior Intervention
  • Drug and Alcohol Education
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Communication Skills
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Advocating Skills
  • Identify Co-Morbid Disorders associated with ADD (Ex. Anxiety, Depression)
  • Access the Creative Mind-Set
  • Anti-Bullying Training
  • Identifying Executive Function Deficits

ADD Coaching For Adults

  • Organization Skills
  • Money Management
  • Time Management
  • Self-Awareness
  • Strategies for losing things
  • Assistance with Short Term memory Issues
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Communication Skills
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Understanding Self-Medicating
  • Un-Blocking Energies from the Past
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Identifying Co-Dependent Behavior
  • Identifying Emotional Abuse
  • Identifying Co-Morbid Disorders Associated with ADD (Ex. Anxiety, Depression)
  • Accessing the Creative Mind-Set
  • Inner Child Work
  • Schema Therapy

Parents

  • Parenting Skills
  • Parent/Child/Adolescent Communication Skills
  • How to Connect with your Child/Adolescent Positively on other Venues not just School
  • How to Role Model to your Child/Adolescent
  • Learning how to Coach your Adolescent not controlling them
  • Helping the Parent Focus on the Positives Vs. Negatives of the Child/Adolescent
  • Learning how to Embrace your Child’s/Adolescent ADD
  • Help with balancing extreme Parenting Styles between Mother and Father
  • Helping Parents deal with their Guilt
  • Helping to keep Family Boundaries Healthy by working on reducing Enmeshment or Rigidity
  • Identifying Co-Dependent Behavior
  • Family Communication Skills
  • Encouraging the Creative Mind-Set in your Child/Adolescent

School Intervention

  • Help the Parent initiate School Meetings to set up 504 plans and IEP’s (Individual Education Plans), to work with the school to create the appropriate accommodations.
  • Establish on going positive communication with administrators and teachers with the Parents written approval.
  • Work with the School to help identify any Learning Disabilities associated with the Child/Adolescent ADD.
  • Help the Teacher/Teacher’s understand the Child/Adolescent ADD and the Behavior’s related to the Students Disorder.

Family Communication Skills

  • Identifying Communication Patterns within the Family.
  • Developing a strong Hierarchy and helping the parents understand the importance of a United Front.
  • Help the family understand their existing Boundaries in the system, and provide the tools for change when needed.
  • Helping Parents understand their power in the Family System.
  • Provide the awareness of the importance of listening in the communication process.
  • Understanding the “Letting Go” process with Adolescents.
  • Understanding how ADHD in the family can effect the dynamics.

Couples Counseling with the ADD Couple

  • Provide Awareness of their communication with each other.
  • Provide the tools necessary to facilitate change in the relationship.
  • Encourage healthy boundaries, where each person is responsible for their own feelings and emotions.
  • Educate the person without ADD to ensure their understanding of the behaviors of their partner.
  • Highlight the signs of Verbal and Emotional Abuse.
  • Encourage the couple to verbalize their individual needs to one another.
  • Learning how to embrace the positives related to ADD Vs. Highlighting the Negatives.