Areas of Expertise
The Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based Model
The DIR model provides a developmental framework for interdisciplinary assessment and intervention for autism and other developmental and mental health challenges. It is a comprehensive foundation model that utilizes affect-based interactions and experiences tailored to individual needs to promote development.
SSP is an evidence-based listening therapy, It is designed to shift the nervous system from defense to regulation, allowing clients to feel safe and connect better with others. This, in turn, makes therapy more effective and helps your practice thrive.
The Focus System by ILS is a program for improving brain and body function. The combined elements of the programs - movement, treated music and bone conduction - help build the foundation for brain and body organization. By addressing brain function at a foundational level, we are better able to become more mentally and emotionally resilient, more effective at school or work, and function in our modern world.
RRP is an innovative, clinical-grade listening therapy based on the homeostatic entrainment within a behavioral neuroscience framework. It guides the nervous system back toward homeostasis by restoring internal physiological rhythms - supporting the shift from stress and fatigue toward balance, recovery, and restoration.
IM is an evidence-based training and assessment tool. IM is proven to improve cognition, attention, focus, memory, speech/language, executive functioning, comprehension, as well as motor and sensory skills.
PACT (Pediatric Autism Communication Therapy)
An evidence-based parent training program originally developed at the University of Manchester, designed for parents of young children with Autism. Parents and the therapist review together the parent-child play using video playback. The goal is to support parents in identifying and implementing strategies that expand their child’s communication development through play and natural interactions.
PACT is suitable for children aged 2-10 years experiencing social communication challenges. PACT has been found to be beneficial for children across a range of communication levels, including those children who have not yet developed verbal language.
Replays is a fun, play based, therapeutic approach to treat anxiety, emotional dysregulation, tantrums, or phobias, for children who may also have other diagnoses (e.g. autism; Asperger’s; mood disorder). Replays is based in the principles of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) adapted to a playful play-based format. Children cognitively from infancy through about a ten year level can often benefit from this approach.
IFS is a therapeutic model that views every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts guided by a core Self. It teaches that the mind is naturally multiple - and that this multiplicity is healthy - because, like members of a family, inner parts can be pushed into extreme roles but also have valuable inherent qualities. IFS helps people access their undamaged, compassionate Self, which knows how to heal, and from that inner leadership, understand and transform their inner parts, fostering both inner and outer connectedness.
Sandplay provides a space for contact with the inner, symbolic world. A basic premise of Sandplay is that psyche possesses a natural tendency to heal itself, given the proper conditions. Similar to our physical wounds that heal under beneficial conditions, the psyche has an instinctual wisdom that emerges when able to operate naturally.