Baby / Toddler
Birth to age 2
Is Therapy Too Early for My Baby?
No. If you are worried about your child and feel like you need help, trust your intuition.
Whether your baby is having a rough start or you want support around healthy development, you’re in the right place.
Babies and toddlers learn life-long lessons through the early relationships with their parent(s) and these lessons shape how they see themselves and the world.
In our work, I’ll help you learn how to support your child’s mental health and development while balancing your busy life and your own self-care.
What Will We Do in Therapy?
You Bring the Concerns and Goals. I Bring the Support.
Maybe you’re:
Struggling to bond with your baby
Feeling unsure how to support your baby’s / toddler’s development
Concerned about big emotions, clinginess, or early tantrums
Wanting to give your child the best start possible
Noticing that becoming a parent has brought up unexpected emotions for you
If you’re asking these questions now — that’s a strength. Early support matters.
There are two parts to the therapy I provide: 1) Parent-Child Therapy and 2) Parenting Therapy.
Parent-Child Therapy (Birth–2)
In parent-child therapy, we focus on your relationship with your baby or toddler — because early attachment lays the foundation for lifelong emotional health.
Together, we:
Strengthen secure attachment (linked to better long-term mental health and resilience)
Support healthy brain development in the first two years
Encourage early communication and language growth
Build early problem-solving skills through play
Help your baby / toddler learn to regulate and communicate their big feelings and needs
I use evidence-based approaches, including PCIT-Toddlers (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers) for children 12–24 months. In these sessions, I coach you live so you can practice simple, powerful skills in real time. You leave knowing exactly how to respond to your child in ways that build connection and confidence.
This is not about labeling your child. It’s about strengthening the relationship that shapes everything else.
Parenting Therapy
The first years of parenting can be beautiful - and intense.
Sleep deprivation, constant needs, and the pressure to “get it right” can bring up anxiety, self-doubt, irritability, or old wounds you thought were behind you.
Parenting therapy gives you space to:
Talk openly without judgment
Understand your emotional responses
Reduce guilt and overwhelm
Feel more grounded and confident as a parent
Because when you feel supported, your baby feels it too.
Infant and Toddler Trauma
Infants and toddlers are especially vulnerable to stress and trauma.
As painful as it is to acknowledge, babies and toddlers do experience trauma and are victimized at much higher rates than older children (Child Maltreatment, pg 27).
The good news is that healing and prevention are possible through parents and caregivers. I will help you better understand your child’s reactions and learn therapeutic ways of helping them.
Will my Baby Get a Diagnosis?
Many challenges in infancy and toddlerhood are developmentally normal yet incredibly hard.
My hope is that, whenever possible, we can prevent tantrums and aggression from following your child into later childhood - and reduce the need for related diagnoses.
If I took insurance, they would require a diagnosis or deny treatment. If a diagnosis becomes clinically appropriate, I approach it thoughtfully and after ongoing assessment.
What to Expect
Reach out to get started
Complete paperwork before our first meeting
Intake:
Parent(s) only
50-60 minute session to learn about you and your child
Therapy: 50-minute weekly or twice a week sessions
Graduate and celebrate progress!
Fee
$185 per 50-minute session
Meetings and coordination with other professionals are billed per minute at the same rate.
Insurance
I do not accept insurance.
If you need to use insurance, I’m happy to share referrals to other therapists in the area.
Benefits of Self-Pay for Young Children
I know choosing therapy is a meaningful investment, and many families wonder about insurance. I want to share some of the reasons why I offer self-pay services.
Insurance often limits access to therapy for very young children (birth to 7). It requires a clinical diagnosis right from the first visit.
Many early childhood challenges are very stressful and need professional support, but may still fall within what’s typical. This means there may be a real need for therapy without a diagnosis.
Much of what I do is preventative: supporting children and parents early, before concerns grow into diagnosable conditions.
When there is a potential for a diagnosis, it should be made thoughtfully over time, with careful observation and understanding of your child.
For example, I worked with a 4-year-old child diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), showing aggression and defiance at home and at school. Within a year of our work, the ODD symptoms resolved, and the foster family described the child as typical. While I marked the diagnosis as “resolved,” this child will always have a history of ODD in their medical record.
Self-pay services allow your child and family to receive best-practice care, along with careful monitoring of progress and symptoms. When parents are able to implement therapeutic play at home consistently, they often begin to see results within weeks.
My specialty is parent-child therapy combined with parent support. I focus on helping you build the skills and confidence to understand and respond to your child in a way that creates lasting positive change. This is where my work often stands out and has the greatest impact.
If helpful, you may choose to work with me for these foundational phases, where I teach and guide you in how to help your child with big (or severe) emotions and behaviors. Then, you can choose to transition to another provider for ongoing play therapy. I’m always happy to provide trusted referrals.
If you’re wondering whether this is the right fit, feel free to reach out. It’s important to me to help families find professionals who truly fit their needs. Finding a therapist can be so hard on top of the daily struggles you and your child face.
