Real talk, not a lecture.
I work with kids 10–18 who are stuck: anxiety, shutdown, academic burnout, the stuff that doesn't respond to the usual advice.
Schedule a ConsultThe Problem
Lying, shutting down, acting out: none of that is a character problem. It's information. Something that used to keep your kid safe has stopped working. The world changed. The move didn't. That's what we're here to find, together.
What Therapy Looks Like Here
A session is 50 minutes, roughly split three ways:
15 min
Catching up on the week.
5 min
One useful idea.
30 min
Games and free conversation.
That's not a warm-up before the real work; the play is the work. A kid doesn't open up because you explained something to them. They open up because they trust you, and trust gets built here, not lectured into existence. It's where they forget to guard the door.
How I Work
Humans don't do things that don't work
Behavior that looks broken is usually a survival strategy that used to pay off.
Regulation is connection, not calm
The goal isn't a quiet, still kid; it's one who stays connected to their body, their thoughts, and the person across from them. You can't talk them into that. Staying with them until they find it does.
Slow is a choice, made on purpose
There's no shortcut through it: the slowness is the treatment. This runs months to years, not weeks, which is why the pricing below is built the way it is.
The relationship is the medicine
The room itself, a steady adult who keeps showing up and doesn't flinch, is the reparative thing. Play is how it gets in.
No BS Pricing
No insurance, by design. It keeps the focus on the kid instead of a diagnosis code that follows them around, and it protects the slowness the work depends on.
Some families are here for months. Some are here for years. I check in roughly every six months and ask the honest question: does this still need to keep happening? Sometimes the answer's no, and we wrap up. Sometimes it's a kid who's found something here they don't have anywhere else, a steady adult in their corner, showing up on purpose, and the family wants to keep it. I don't push either direction. I just ask, and go with the answer.
If money's tight, tell me what you can do consistently, not a stretch, not a bind. We can revisit if things change.
Privacy
What happens in session stays in session. A kid who believes their therapist reports back is a kid who stops talking, so I hold that line closely. I also work under clinical supervision: another set of eyes on every case, not just mine.
The exceptions are the legal ones: real risk to safety. Those are rare, and I'll tell you if it happens. Outside of that, I don't send regular updates. Most days what you'll get from me is a wave and a "doing well" on the way to the car. If you don't hear from me, that's not a bad sign; it means we're on track.
If that's not a level of privacy you're comfortable with, better to know now, before we start.
Parents feel better too, once their kid has someone who actually shows up for them. That's usually how this goes.
Downtown Castle Rock, in-person. I don't diagnose, I don't take insurance, and I don't take on more kids than I can actually show up for.
Ready to talk?
A consult is 30–60 minutes, no pressure, for both of us to see if this is the right fit.
Schedule a Consult Or call (720) 222-3308