Warm, practical support for ADHD and executive-functioning challenges, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, burnout, self-esteem, relationships, and major life changes.
You do not need to know your diagnosis or arrive with a perfect explanation. Start with the option that feels closest.
You may understand what you are supposed to do but still struggle to begin, organize, follow through, or keep up. Therapy can help you understand the patterns beneath the struggle and develop approaches that fit your life.
Explore adult therapyYour child may be bright, caring, and capable while struggling with big emotions, anxiety, sadness, school demands, motivation, routines, or confidence.
Explore child and teen therapyI provide clinical ADHD evaluations for youth and adults and preliminary autism screening for children and teens ages 8–17.
Explore evaluations and screeningMany of the people I work with have spent years being told—or quietly telling themselves—that they should be trying harder.
They may be intelligent and insightful but unable to consistently translate intentions into action. They may hold themselves together in one area of life and feel overwhelmed in another. Children may be seen as oppositional when they are overloaded, anxious, discouraged, or missing skills they have not yet learned.
Therapy can help make sense of what is happening without reducing you or your child to a diagnosis. Together, we can identify strengths, understand patterns, and find strategies that are realistic for your life.
ADHD is a central specialty, but it is rarely the only thing affecting a person’s daily life.
Planning, organization, time awareness, task initiation, motivation, memory, emotional regulation, relationships, and self-esteem.
Overthinking, panic, avoidance, persistent sadness, low motivation, disconnection, and the overlap between mood and attention.
Noticing emotions earlier, communicating needs, recovering after hard moments, and reducing shame and negative self-talk.
Family and work relationships, grief, identity, sexuality, school or career transitions, parenting, burnout, and difficult decisions.
My style is warm, calm, curious, and encouraging. I want therapy to be a place where you feel understood, but I also want our conversations to lead somewhere useful.
Sessions are usually open-ended enough to make room for what matters that day. When a structured or skills-based approach would help, we can use practical strategies, worksheets, exercises, or between-session experiments.
These are always collaborative and optional. Sometimes change is the goal. At other times, greater acceptance, self-understanding, or kindness may be more useful. You have the right to decide what you want to change and what deserves to be approached differently.
Learn more about my approachI am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and therapist with Foundations for Change, LLC. I work with children, teens, and adults, with a particular focus on ADHD, executive functioning, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, and the effects of stress and major life changes.
ADHD is both professionally and personally meaningful to me. As someone with ADHD, I understand some of the challenges that can come with trying to function in systems that were not designed with ADHD in mind—and how quickly those challenges can become associated with shame.
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I also value working with LGBTQ+ clients as they navigate identity, relationships, sexuality, family, work, or concerns that have nothing to do with being LGBTQ+.
More about John“You bring knowledge of your own life. I bring clinical experience, curiosity, and tools. Therapy works best when those forms of knowledge are used together.”
A complimentary consultation call is available when you would like to talk briefly before scheduling.
Use the brief inquiry form and share only the general reason you are seeking support.
We will determine whether therapy, parent consultation, an ADHD evaluation, or autism screening is the best starting point.
Intake paperwork is sent through the SimplePractice client portal and must be completed before your appointment.
We will discuss what is happening, what you hope will change, and what next steps make sense.
You may know that something is not working without knowing whether it is ADHD, anxiety, depression, burnout, stress, a life transition, or a combination of factors. The first step is simply an opportunity to talk about what is happening.