When your child's behavior feels confusing, overwhelming, or challenging, it's easy to feel stuck.

You don't need more rewards, consequences, or one-size-fits-all strategies.

You need to understand what your child's behavior is communicating, what's getting in their way, and how to respond in a way that strengthens your relationship while supporting meaningful growth.

Relationship-centered parent support rooted in attachment, behavior science, nervous system regulation, Integrative Infant Sleep, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Whether you're navigating everyday parenting challenges or supporting a neurodivergent child, my goal is the same: to help you understand what's happening beneath the behavior so you can respond with greater confidence, compassion, and clarity.

You love your child deeply and want to support them in ways that align with your values, but parenting hasn't unfolded quite the way you imagined.

Maybe you're...

• Feeling overwhelmed by meltdowns, aggression, anxiety, or big emotions

• Stuck in power struggles that leave everyone exhausted

• Wondering why the strategies you've tried aren't working

• Finding yourself reacting in ways that don't reflect the kind of parent you want to be

• Parenting a neurodivergent child and searching for guidance that honors who they are

• Longing to feel more confident, connected, and grounded in your parenting

Together, we'll make sense of what's happening beneath your child's behavior while also building the awareness, flexibility, and confidence to respond in ways that align with the parent you want to be.

Every behavior has a story.

When a child is struggling, it's natural to wonder:

"How do I stop this behavior?"

Instead, I help families ask a different question:

"What is this behavior telling us?"

Rather than focusing only on the behavior we can see, we'll explore the many factors that influence it, including:

• Regulation and nervous system state

• Communication

• Executive functioning

• Relationship and attachment

• Developmental readiness

• Environmental supports

• Missing or emerging skills

When we understand the "why" behind behavior, we can create individualized supports that strengthen relationships, build meaningful skills, and create lasting change.

You may feel like the parenting advice you receive doesn't fit your family.

Maybe you've been told to use sticker charts, consequences, or intensive behavior programs that don't align with your values.

Maybe you've been made to feel like your child's differences need to be corrected rather than understood.

I believe neurodivergent children deserve to be understood, honored, and supported for who they are.

With nearly two decades of experience in behavior analysis, infant and early childhood mental health, and child development, I offer a family centric approach.

Together, we'll better understand your child's developmental profile, what their behavior is communicating, and the supports, accommodations, and skill-building opportunities that will help them thrive.

My goal is to help families create the right supports so their child can develop skills, autonomy, confidence, and a secure sense of self while honoring exactly who they are.

Hi, I'm Lena.

I'm a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with nearly 20 years of experience supporting adolescents and their families.

My work integrates behavior science, child development, attachment, nervous system regulation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and early childhood mental health.

I believe meaningful change doesn't come from controlling behavior.

It comes from understanding the child behind the behavior.

My goal is to help parents feel more confident, more connected, and better equipped to support their child in ways that align with both science and their values.