Think of us as a homebase that serves your family throughout the lifespan.
Whether you come and go as needed or you stay with us for longer, we can help you through any transition or growing pains that emerge.
We work with you wherever you are on your parenting journey:
Wherever you find yourself today, we help you by identifying precisely what you and your family’s unique concerns are, how those concerns came to be, and what needs to change in order for you to find the balance and satisfaction you are seeking.
We use a flexible customized treatment approach to best meet your needs. We are uniquely skilled at looking at the entire scope of your worries or concerns and putting all the pieces together to create a comprehensive and targeted plan for not just overcoming any struggles at hand, but to grow and thrive.
from preparing to become parents,
throughout pregnancy and into the postpartum period,
all the way through teen years and beyond.
You are the expert on your child, on your family, on your values, on your goals.
We are here to guide you with information that is based on psychology, research, neurobiology, and human development, and help you apply that information to your parenting goals for your unique family in a way that feels authentic to you and effective for your child.
Whether you are an expecting parent, a brand new parent, or a seasoned parent, we believe you have the capacity to parent effectively and authentically. Our job is to help you filter out the noise, let go of judgement, and truly trust your parenting skills.
Our Process
When families or individuals work with us, we always begin with an exploration of the specific concerns that are motivating you to seek support right now & find ways to create interventions that are custom tailored to your needs.
Comprehensive exploration of what is not working and how this fits into a larger family dynamic
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We will identify your strengths to bolster the areas that need more support. You are truly the expert on your child, so our role is to offer support, guidance, and sound psychological information that will help us to create a specific game plan that works for your family.
Collaborative problem solving
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It is our goal that you will never feel alone in this process, and this is a process. We will try things that will work and things that won't. Emotions will emerge that may take you by surprise. We are here to help you to work through the ups, downs, and in-betweens along the way.
Attuned support and guidance
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Our ultimate goal is for you and your family to feel as though you have grown more connected and more equipped to weather any storm. When parents have an authentic and integrated sense of themselves as calmly and confidently in charge, their children (no matter what age) sense that too and are able to relax in the knowledge that their parents have their backs. We will work with you to integrate this sense of calm and confidence and to build a versatile tool box that you can call upon over and over in the future as your family’s needs evolve.
Consolidation
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Our backgrounds seamlessly allow us to provide that — from perinatal training, to parenting training, to child and adolescent therapy, we are highly specialized in treating the entire family system across a child’s developmental timeline, from before a child is even born to after they have started off on their own.
We built this practice out of a recognition that parents were having trouble finding a centralized resource for helping their kids at multiple stages of life.
meet the team
REBECCA HALPERIN, LCSW
Supervising Psychotherapist
Internship Director
Morgan DePompeis
Administrative Assistant
MIRIELLE RANADE, MHC-LP
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
DONNA JARECKI, LMSW
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
MOLLY HENDRICK, LMHC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
KATE GALLAGHER, LCSW
Supervising Psychotherapist
KATE CUNO, PSYD
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL TRAINING
ERICA CHARPENTIER
CLINICAL INTERN
BRIDIE MORIARTY, PSYD
LIMITED PERMIT PSYCHOLOGIST
LISA WAJSBLAT, PSYD, BCBA
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Director of Neurodiversity Services
Maggie Peebles-Dorin, PhD
LIMITED PERMIT PSYCHOLOGIST
ERIN SCHALLMOSER
Intake Coordinator & Office Manager
Gabby Thal-Pruzan, Ed.M.
Clinical Intern
Emily Upshur, PhD
Co-Founder & Clinical Director
Sarah BreN, PhD
Co-Founder & Clinical Director
We equip parents with the tools to truly understand the building blocks of child development and how secure relationships form and thrive.
With this knowledge, parents are able to develop their own personal parenting frameworks so they can respond confidently and effectively to any challenge that comes along, resulting in families that are healthier, calmer, and more connected with one another.
If you have ever...
Questioned if you were ready to have children...
Worried if you were the right parent for your child...
Felt like your worth as a parent was determined by how “well behaved” your child is...
Felt like your child’s emotions confuse and overwhelm you...
Felt like your frustrations with your child were driving a wedge into your relationship with them...
Thought that it's hard to see your child struggling with anxiety, moodiness, difficulties with peers and not knowing what to do to help them...
