About our Counselor

As The owner and co-founder of Tiny Tots Learning Center Inc.
I have over 30 years of experience working with children and families. It has been my life's passion to work with children and supporting families, building resilience within each young individual, and supporting inclusion. I am a licensed Professional counselor as well as a licensed behavior specialist. In addition I am also a PQAS certified instructor and enjoy teaching parenting workshops. I am also trained as a Christian Counselor.

I have experience working with children,adults, and families. I am familiar with Autism Spectrum, ADHD, Anxiety, Phobias, Behavioral Issues, social skills, trauma, abuse, grief, Parenting issues, Sibling issues, Separation issues, School issues, Self-esteem, etc. I am also experienced with many of the current issues affecting families such as Custody issues, Divorce, Grandparents raising grandchildren and Reunification.

I will protect your confidentiality. Whatever happens in our sessions will remain between you and me unless I have written permission to share. The usual exceptions will apply: I am obligated by law, “duty to warn”, if you threatened someone else’s safety. If you are actively suicidal, I will have to take the appropriate action. If you have an acute psychotic episode, I will call 911. Also, parents Please Note: I will respect your child’s privacy as well unless the above situations exist or if your child gives me permission to talk to you. If something is said that I feel would be important to know, I will encourage your child to either talk to you or get their permission to talk to you.

Parents, it is important for you to understand your role in the counseling process. As a parent it can be difficult to process this but if you call me about counseling for a child, you will be expected to be a part of the process. If your child is having issues and you raised them or are taking care of them, you are part of the problem. Not because you are horrible, uncaring parents. If that were the case, you wouldn’t have sought out counseling. Our parenting skills typically come from our own families of origin. You simply may have learned some parenting techniques that were ineffective or maybe you didn’t have any proper parent role models in your life. One of them is probably saying the phrase, “Do as I say, not as I do”. There are many other issues which can cause challenges in families but if you are living with the children then you will likely need to be involved in the process, to some extent.

In the beginning of every session with a child, I generally ask the parent if there is anything important that they need to talk to me about, and give time to the parent then at their discretion. If you feel it will take up too much time of the session that is for your child, then I would suggest setting up a different time to have a discussion with me on the phone or a separate scheduled office visit.




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