Therapy for Children and Families in Portland

Is your child struggling to manage their emotions throughout the day? Does it feel like their anxiety, rigidity, or aggressive behaviors run your household? Maybe you’ve noticed a shift in your child’s self-esteem or the joy that was there before has dimmed? Do you feel like you’ve tried everything and nothing is working? We are here to help.

We offer both child and family therapy in our cozy NE Portland office. We are here to support you and your child’s wellbeing. Our specialties include: trauma, adoption, foster care, anxiety, oppositional defiant disorder, neurodivergence, and sibling conflict.

Play therapy: a way for your child to heal

Do you think your child could benefit from someone to talk to? Maybe your child’s behaviors have escalated? Maybe your child’s spark is gone? Maybe they are disrupting school or community activities? Or maybe, you wonder if you’re cut out to do this parenting stuff? Parenting is HARD and parenting a child who has extra stuff can be EXTRA HARD (along with overwhelming, exhausting, and frankly, sometimes just not all that fun).

Our play therapy sessions bring the fun back into being with your child. Together we can find ways to strengthen attachment, decrease oppositional behaviors, and bring joy of raising children into your day to day experiences.

Family therapy: a way for your family to heal

In our family counseling sessions, we work closely with your family to get to the root of what's causing distress. We work with parents individually and the family unit to find ways to create common ground and reduce family conflict.