At Embodied Stories, we work with families of all shapes and sizes, trauma or no trauma. Our goal is to meet you where you are at and work toward the same goal together: thriving families.

One of our passions is educating families that are just starting out and wanting to learn best practices for connecting with, empowering, and disciplining their children. Whether you have children yet or not, it’s never too early to start thinking about the care you want to provide them. And in a day and age where there is so much conflicting information on how to parent, we provide evidence-based strategies that cut through the noise to provide clarity on what the research says matters. The model we use is rooted in child development research, so part of our work is to provide caregivers with a framework of what a healthy developmental trajectory looks like. We provide tools for balancing structure and nurture in correction, practice emotional and behavioral attunement strategies, and provide mindful awareness to foster secure attachment with your children.

We additionally specialize in working with foster and adoptive families, as well as families with children that have big, baffling, and frustrating behaviors. We typically see children that have experienced developmental trauma and provide education, resources, and support for families wanting to get out of survival mode. This developmental trauma might have been experienced prenatally through a stressful pregnancy, early on through medical interventions, or it might have looked like abuse or neglect later in childhood or adolescence. Regardless of the cause(s) of trauma, symptoms often manifest similarly, and treatment - while tailored to your unique family’s needs - typically follows the same path.