I believe that all behavior is communicative and that typically, children are not willfully misbehaving, but rather, are expressing what they are struggling with on the inside. Children often have difficulty identifying their feelings and knowing how to express them or deal with them. Instead, they may exhibit behaviors such as verbal/physical aggression, throwing tantrums, or being noncompliant, or they may retreat and withdraw, have difficulty concentrating or completing school work, or they avoid certain situations/people/tasks.I provide individual therapy for children to help them find more effective ways of expressing their feelings and coping with various challenges they experience. I utilize cognitive behavioral strategies to help change ineffective thought/feeling/behavior patterns that interfere with daily functioning. I also provide play therapy and parent consultations.I understand that life poses many challenges and parenting is not easy sometimes. I work with parents to help them understand what is underlying their child’s behaviors and how they can respond appropriately to foster healthy emotional development for their child and manage difficult behaviors that interfere with daily functioning.