There are times when it feels so overwhelming to just get out of bed. The thought of leaving your house feels like a huge task and it takes up all your energy to just be you. Your body feels tense, heavy, and like you’re trying to catch your breath. Or maybe you are trying so hard to keep it together and fear that at any moment you will burst into tears. This is how it feels to live with depression and/or anxiety. 

You’ve tried everything to be the most loving and attentive parent, but you always seem to feel like the “worst parent ever!” Your child is constantly dysregulated and it seems like you are walking on egg shells with them. You feel detached, disconnected, or maybe find yourself feeling angry with your child. I’m here to help reconnect with your child.

You’ve arrived at Holland but you miss Italy ("Welcome to Holland" by Emily Perl Kingsley) and you JUST can’t stop thinking of Italy. Parenting a disabled child is not easy. You are trying your best to parent and to keep it together, but you feel sad, alone, and angry on most days. You are constantly being reminded by the everyday struggles, by other children your child’s age, and by almost everything around you, that your child is different. Life is just as beautiful and as challenging with an ND (neurodivergent) child as it is with a NT (neurotypical) child, I promise. 

You constantly feel like you are playing “catch up” with everything in your life. You feel frazzled and your friends and family have told you that you seem reactive and irritable most of the time. You’re finding yourself arguing more with others, feeling easily frustrated with minor things, and you’ve notice that you are making more mistakes than usual. You’ve developed backpain, headaches, your blood pressure is through the roof, but you don’t even notice any of these symptoms because your mind and body are out of sync and all you know is that you feel “off.” 

Are you an adolescent or a young adult who puts a lot of pressure on yourself for perfection? Do you often ask yourself “who am I?” or “what do I stand for?” Are you unsure of who you are and where you belong? Do you feel misunderstood? Are you finding yourself doing things that others may disapprove of? Adolescence and young adult years are one of the hardest developmental stages. I will hold space for you to feel safe enough to process your inner feelings and thoughts. Together we can come up with ways to improve your self-esteem and confidence and help you navigate the ups and downs of being a pre-teen/teenager/young adult in today’s society.