Most people experience times in their lives when they feel stuck, unhappy, confused, angry and/or alone.  Normal life transitions can compromise a person’s feeling of equilibrium.  Relationships can feel unsatisfying.  Learning and attention issues can cause school, work and family problems. 

Ms. Freed works with children, adolescents and adults individually to help them gain insight into the causes of their difficulties. She helps them develop problem solving and practical coping strategies to deal with them.  She helps individuals navigate through the often emotionally tumultuous waters of separation and divorce.

She also works with couples.   She help them identify underlying issues impacting their relationship and helps develop and strengthen communication and problem solving skills.  She works with parents, children and families to help repair relationships that have become estranged.

Ms. Freed works with children and adolescents ages 10 and up to help them identify issues that may be preventing them from functioning effectively.  She helps them identify their feelings.  Through games, art and talking she helps them develop coping strategies , behaviors and communication skills that will enable them to be more successful in their relationships and in school.

When children are dealing with separation and divorce she helps them identify and talk about their feelings and develop ways to communicate to their parents about these.  Whether the issues have to do with separation and divorce, learning issues, behavioral difficulties, anxiety or depression Ms. Freed works with parents to help them deal effectively with their children.

Ms. Freed works with psychologists and schools to help in identifying possible learning 
difficulties, attention issues and the underlying causes of the difficulties of her school age clients.  She works with parents to identify resources to strengthen academic abilities.