Areas of Expertise

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 rooted in Polyvagal Theory and was developed by Dr. Stephen Porges. It is an evidence-based intervention with strong research demonstrating the potential to improve emotional regulation and social engagement. SSP utilizes specially filtered and patented music to gently retune the nervous system, fostering a sense of safety and receptivity.

The Focus System by ILS is a program for improving brain and body organization. The combination of the three elements of the programs - movement exercises, filtered classical music, and bone conduction - creates an experience that activates multiple sensory systems to create and strengthen neural connections and networks, harnessing the power of neuroplasticity.

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.

An evidence-based parent training program 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 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.