Helping Relationships Thrive
Building the capacity of the people, organizations, and systems that support children and families.
Children thrive when they are surrounded by adults who feel supported, capable, and connected. Families thrive when they are understood and empowered. Professionals thrive when they are given opportunities to think critically, deepen their skills, strengthen reflective capacity, and continue growing throughout their careers. Organizations thrive when they invest in leadership, learning, and relationships.
Healthy relationships are the foundation of healthy development.
For more than twenty years, I have partnered with families, clinicians, supervisors, organizational leaders, universities, hospitals, child welfare systems, foundations, and state and national initiatives to strengthen the people and systems that support infants, young children, and their caregivers.
My work integrates specialized clinical expertise with workforce development, leadership development, implementation support and technical assistance, organizational capacity building, and professional education. Whether I am providing psychotherapy to a family, facilitating a Learning Collaborative, mentoring supervisors, consulting with executive leadership, or supporting statewide implementation of evidence-informed practice, my focus remains the same: helping people build the knowledge, confidence, critical thinking, and reflective capacity needed to create lasting change.
Because when we strengthen the adults who care for children, we strengthen children’s lives.
Areas of Practice
Clinical Services
I maintain a limited clinical practice because direct work with children and families keeps every aspect of my teaching, consultation, and leadership grounded in real clinical experience.
Clinical services include Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy (PCPP), infant and early childhood mental health, pregnancy and the transition to parenthood, trauma and medical trauma, developmental and attachment concerns, family consultation, implementation of clinical recommendations, and professional case consultation.
Whether supporting families through adversity, strengthening parent-child relationships, or helping professionals think through complex clinical situations, my work is guided by respect, curiosity, and the belief that relationships are the foundation of healing.
Clinical & Workforce Capacity Building
Strong services begin with a strong workforce.
Building professional capacity is about far more than increasing knowledge or teaching a model. It is about creating the conditions in which people develop critical thinking, integrate new ideas, strengthen clinical judgment, tolerate complexity, and continue growing throughout their careers.
I partner with organizations to design learning experiences that are intellectually rigorous, clinically relevant, and grounded in reflection. Through customized professional education, Learning Collaboratives, reflective consultation, and ongoing partnership, I help clinicians, supervisors, and interdisciplinary teams build the confidence and competence needed to translate knowledge into everyday practice.
Areas of expertise include:
· Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
· Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy (PCPP)
· Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health
· Reflective Practice
· Reflective Supervision
· Infant and Early Childhood Trauma
· Medical Trauma
· Child Welfare
· Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN)
· DC:0–5™
· Circle of Security®
· Attachment Vitamins
· Adult Learning
· Workforce Development
Implementation Support & Technical Assistance
Successful implementation is fundamentally about people.
Organizations do not implement new practices—people do. Clinicians, supervisors, leaders, and teams are the ones who translate new knowledge into everyday relationships with children and families. Sustainable implementation requires more than excellent training. It requires thoughtful planning, reflective leadership, implementation support, technical assistance, and ongoing opportunities to learn together.
I partner with organizations to support implementation planning, readiness assessment, fidelity, workforce development, Learning Collaboratives, leadership consultation, organizational capacity building, strategic planning, and sustainability. Together, we create practical, relationship-centered approaches that strengthen implementation while honoring the unique culture and strengths of each organization.
Leadership Development
Healthy organizations depend on reflective leadership.
Leadership is more than managing people or programs. It is the ability to create environments where professionals feel safe to think, collaborate, learn, and grow.
I work with supervisors, managers, directors, executive leaders, and interdisciplinary teams to strengthen reflective leadership, support workforce well-being, navigate organizational challenges, and build healthy workplace cultures. Together, we develop leadership practices that strengthen teams while keeping children and families at the center of every decision..
Speaking & Professional Education
I provide keynote presentations, conference workshops, customized agency training, leadership retreats, webinars, and professional education throughout the United States and internationally.
Every presentation combines current research, clinical expertise, reflective practice, and practical application. Participants leave with new knowledge, stronger critical thinking skills, practical strategies, and greater confidence in their work with children, families, and one another.
Professional Leadership
My work spans clinical practice, workforce development, implementation, leadership, and systems change.
Professional leadership roles include serving as a Senior National Trainer for Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), a member of the CPP Global Steering Committee, an international reflective consultant, a trainer in Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) and DC:0–5™, and a Circle of Security® Facilitator. I am an active leader within state, national, and international infant and early childhood mental health organizations and contribute to curriculum development, implementation initiatives, workforce development, Learning Collaboratives, and professional education.
Whether you are seeking specialized clinical services, customized professional education, leadership development, implementation support and technical assistance, organizational consultation, or workforce capacity building, I welcome the opportunity to partner with you.
Together, we can strengthen the people, relationships, and systems that help children and families thrive.
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