WHO THIS IS FOR

You know your kid. You can tell something is off.

Maybe the door is closed more than it used to be. Maybe the grades slipped, or the friends changed, or there was an incident and now everyone is walking on eggshells. Maybe your teenager is doing fine on paper and you still have the feeling that they are carrying something they cannot say to you.

Adolescence is when a person starts trying on who they are going to be. That trying-on is the work. It is also loud, private, and hard to watch from the outside. My job is not to report back to you. It is to give your kid a place where they can be honest, and to help you understand what they need from you right now, which is usually less fixing and more room.

I trained in school-based mental health and I have worked with teenagers for most of my career. I like them. I am not easily shocked, and I do not talk to them like they are a problem to be solved.

A note for the teenager reading this

Your parent probably found this page, and you may be reading it under protest. Fair. Here is what I can tell you: what you say in my office stays there, with a couple of exceptions about safety that I will explain on day one. You do not have to be creative, and you do not have to perform anything. We can talk. We can not talk. Some weeks we might try something out, like what you would actually say to the person you are furious at, before you say it. It is your time and space to talk about whatever is on your mind.

What we would actually do

Usually I meet the parents first, then the teen, then we agree together on how much you and I check in. Sessions are mostly with your kid. Some are with you, when the thing that needs to shift is between you.

Practical: Individual sessions are 50 minutes and $250. In person in Downtown Brooklyn or by video anywhere in New York State.

Start with fifteen minutes.

A short call, no charge, and no obligation to book anything after it. Tell me roughly what is going on and I'll tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.