Understand the Pattern.
Change What Comes Next.
Therapy for children, teens, and young adults in Lower Fairfield County, and throughout Connecticut.
You're here because something feels off, even if you can't quite name it yet. Maybe it's your child, who's not quite themselves lately. Maybe it's you, and you're tired of feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns you can see clearly but can't seem to change.
Whatever's going on, we can start there.
I'm Caitlin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker trained in EMDR and TF-CBT, and I work with children, teens, and young adults navigating anxiety, emotional overwhelm, life transitions, and the kind of relationship patterns that usually trace back further than people expect.
I don't believe in waiting until things fall apart. If your gut is telling you something isn't right, that's information worth listening to, not something to explain away.
My work is trauma-informed at its core, and I bring specific training in EMDR and TF-CBT for clients who've been through something difficult. But my approach is broader than any one method. Anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, shutting down, overthinking… none of these show up randomly. They developed for a reason, usually a good one at the time.
Once we understand that reason, real change becomes possible.
For Parents Who Sense Something Isn't Right
You know your kid. So when something shifts, even subtly, you notice.
Maybe there was a hard experience: a scary event, a loss, a big family change. Maybe nothing catastrophic happened, but your child hasn't quite been themselves, and your gut is telling you it matters more than it looks from the outside. Maybe they're holding it together at school but falling apart the second they walk through the door. Maybe they're worrying all the time and you don't know how to help.
You don't want to wait and see. You want a therapist who takes your concerns seriously from the first conversation, someone trained specifically to help kids process difficult experiences, not just manage the symptoms of them.
That's exactly the kind of work I do. I'm trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and EMDR, two of the most well-researched approaches for helping kids work through hard experiences, and I use them when they're the right fit. For younger children, therapy also happens largely through play, because that's how kids naturally process what they're carrying. I treat parent involvement as essential, not optional. You're part of the work, every step of the way. And when it makes sense, sessions can happen in your home, since that's often where children feel most comfortable opening up.
For Teens and Young Adults Who Look Fine on the Outside
You're the responsible one. The one who handles things. The one everyone assumes is okay, because you're good at appearing that way.
But underneath that, you're exhausted. You overthink everything. You're hard on yourself in a way you'd never be with anyone else. You might feel like no one really knows what's going on under the surface, or like you're performing your life instead of living it. Maybe you keep ending up in the same kind of relationship. You might intellectually know where a pattern comes from, but that hasn't been enough to actually change it. You're anxious even when things are technically "fine," and you're tired of second-guessing every decision you make.
Here's the thing: the strategies that got you here—being the easy one, the high achiever, the peacekeeper—probably worked at some point, and they may have even helped you succeed. But there's often a point where the very patterns that got you through get in the way of what you actually want now: real connection, letting go of old hurt, relationships that don't repeat the same story. Letting go of what once protected you is hard, but it's also how you move forward. As a trauma-informed therapist, I help you understand not just what the pattern is, but where it came from, so we can work through it, not just around it.
How I Work
I'm trained in EMDR and TF-CBT, and that trauma-informed lens shapes every session. Not every client needs trauma processing though, and I only use it when it's actually the right fit. I'm direct and straightforward in how I work, and I'll always explain my thinking along the way.
Where I Practice
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Connecticut (No. 16115). I see clients in person throughout Lower Fairfield County and virtually throughout the state of CT.
A Note on Payment
My practice is private pay. This lets me keep caseloads manageable, sessions unhurried, and treatment planning focused entirely on what's clinically right for you or your child, not on what an insurance panel will approve. I provide superbills so clients who want to seek out-of-network reimbursement can do so.