I've spent the last 18 years in social work — counseling elder abuse survivors, dementia caregivers, and adults with Multiple Sclerosis.

For the past 8 years, I've specialized in working with children and their parents, helping families navigate the moments that feel hardest to talk about.

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I became a Registered Play Therapist™ because talk therapy doesn't work for kids who don't yet have the words for what they're feeling — and tweens often need a bridge between "too young for talk therapy" and "too old for traditional play therapy."

This group lives in that bridge: structured enough to teach real skills, playful enough that kids don't feel like they're "in trouble" or "in therapy."

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Why Kids Will Love This Group

This isn't a lecture about making friends. It's a structured, role-play game your child will actually want to play — one designed so that practicing hard skills (like handling teasing, disagreements, or not getting their way) feels like part of the game, not a lesson hiding inside one.

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Kids don't open up because someone tells them to. They open up when they feel safe, when they're having fun, and when the adult in the room genuinely gets what it's like to feel left out, embarrassed, or unsure of themselves. That's the space I work hard to create both for your child,