Services

Self-Regulation. Executive Function. Lifestyle Support

Teens & Adults

My goal is to provide practical, action-oriented support that helps you better understand yourself and build skills you can use in everyday life.

Specialty Areas

  • (All types — inattentive, hyperactive, and combined; no diagnosis necessary)

    • Understanding how ADHD shows up in daily life

    • Managing symptoms, behaviors, and emotional responses

    • Improving focus, attention, and task initiation

    • Supporting impulse control and emotional regulation

    • Building executive functioning and organizational skills

    • Strengthening motivation and follow-through

    • Creating routines and systems that stick

    • Developing self-esteem, self-compassion, self-advocacy and self-awareness

    • Navigating school, work, and social expectations

    • Reducing overwhelm and preventing burnout

    • Cultivating strengths and reframing challenges

  • (All presentations across the spectrum with PDA and ODD experience; no diagnosis necessary)

    • Understanding and embracing neurodivergent identity

    • Supporting sensory needs and sensory regulation

    • Enhancing emotional regulation and coping strategies

    • Building routines, structure, and predictability

    • Improving executive functioning and flexible thinking

    • Navigating transitions and unexpected changes

    • Developing self-advocacy and communication skills

    • Strengthening social understanding and connection

    • Reducing overwhelm, shutdowns, and meltdowns

    • Fostering independence in school, work, and daily life

    • Supporting special interests as tools for motivation and growth

    • Cultivating environments that affirm neurodiversity

  • (General learning differences and difficulty; specific diagnoses such as dyscalculia, dyslexia, and dysgraphia; no diagnosis necessary)

    • Understanding your unique learning profile across school, work, and daily life

    • Managing academic and workplace challenges with confidence

    • Strengthening reading, writing, math, and functional literacy skills

    • Building effective study, test-taking, note-taking, and information-processing strategies

    • Supporting working memory, processing speed, and comprehension

    • Creating systems for organizing assignments, deadlines, and daily responsibilities

    • Developing individualized learning and problem-solving strategies

    • Improving focus, task initiation, and task completion in all environments

    • Using tools and technology to support learning, productivity, and independence

    • Navigating academic and workplace expectations with self-advocacy

    • Enhancing communication, planning, and follow-through skills

    • Reducing overwhelm and stress by building predictable routines

    • Cultivating a growth mindset, resilience, and confidence in your abilities

    • Applying strengths-based strategies to succeed in school, work, and everyday tasks

TEENS

Teens today are juggling school expectations, extracurricular activities, social dynamics, sleep schedules, and growing independence. Many teens are smart, motivated, and capable- yet staying organized, managing stress, and regulating emotions can feel harder than it should. This may show up as overwhelm, moodiness, frustration, or difficulty keeping up, especially for teens who learn and live differently.

Our work together will focus on life and activity balance, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and restful habits, while supporting holistic development- not just performance. A central part of therapy is helping teens better understand themselves: how they learn, how they respond to stress, and what strategies support emotional and functional adaptation and follow-through with responsibilities.

Sessions are practical, collaborative, and rooted in real-life situations, building skills that support success now and lay a strong foundation for future transitions to college, work, and independent living.

ADULTS

Adults often come to therapy feeling capable yet stretched thin balancing work or graduate-level education, relationships, and daily responsibilities while trying to care for themselves. You are intelligent and driven, but stress, burnout, or feeling stuck can make everyday life feel overwhelming. These challenges often relate to your unique needs and way of navigating the world, showing up as difficulties with time management, emotional regulation, or building sustainable routines.

Our work together will focus on self-management, executive functioning, stress regulation, and intentional routines that support both productivity and well-being. We’ll build self-awareness alongside practical systems to help you manage your energy, reduce overwhelm, and feel more grounded in everyday life.

The goal isn’t just to get more done- it’s to support quality of life, life satisfaction, and meaningful productivity with emotional balance, so your daily life feels more sustainable and aligned.

Support for Day-to-Day Life

  • Self-Regulation & Emotional Health

  • Academics & School

  • Work & Job Responsibilities

  • Executive Function

  • Social Relationships

  • Stress Management

  • Sports & Physical Skills

  • Play, Hobbies, & Personal Interests

  • Daily Function & Routines

  • Health & Wellbeing

  • Rest, Leisure, & Sleep

  • Identify & Personal Growth

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Location

Meeting in a location that is comfortable and effective for you lays the foundation for a successful session.

Considerations when selecting a location include weather elements, level of anonymity, level of distractibility, physical access, physical ability, internet connection, and safety.

Location to be determined upon session confirmation.

In-Person

In-person services can be provided in both the home and community throughout the greater Los Angeles area, including the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, and Simi Valley.

Online

Online video services are available to those throughout California.