With a deep commitment to the well-being of neurodiverse individuals and their families, I have devoted my career to empowering children and young adults through compassionate counseling and advocacy.

I earned my Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Nova Southeastern University (formerly Nova University) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Florida LMHC license number MH12130, active and in good standing), I bring over three decades of experience in addressing a wide array of developmental and emotional needs.

My professional journey began in the early 1990s, providing therapeutic support in group homes for children aged 3-12 with autism and developmental delays in Fort Lauderdale. I advanced to roles as a Team Leader at the Grant Center and Charter psychiatric hospitals, guiding adolescents aged 11-14 through challenges such as anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and other emotional concerns.

I am perhaps most widely known and recognized for my signature “Who’s the Boss?” behavior management workshops, which I created and delivered throughout South Florida while serving as a Service Coordinator in Broward County’s Early Intervention Program for Developmental Disabilities (ages 0-3). These workshops educated parents, caregivers, and teachers on essential behavior management skills for preschool-aged children. Funded initially by a federal grant that was renewed annually for five years due to their overwhelming success and popularity, “Who’s the Boss?” equipped countless families, educators, foster parents, and guardians with practical, empathetic strategies to support children’s emotional and behavioral growth. Behavior Management remains one of the cornerstones of my practice and a key offering in parenting education today.

In 2018, I founded “Include Me Too,” a recreational center in Boca Raton dedicated to creating safe, joyful spaces for children, teens, and young adults with disabilities through activities like art, games, science, and yoga prior to the adaptations necessitated by COVID-19.

This foundation has evolved into Spectrum Play Therapy, where I focus on individualized, play-based interventions to facilitate communication and emotional expression for those on and off the spectrum.

My enduring passion lies in meeting each child where they are, helping them articulate their inner world through play, and unlocking their potential for personal fulfillment.