About
"As a mother to two daughters making their way through middle and high school, and a dedicated friend to many others also raising Gen Z and Gen Alpha children, I understand the complexities and joys of connection on a deeply personal level. These roles ground me and fuel my professional purpose.
“For over two decades, I've poured that understanding into my work as a therapist, specializing in interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory and the autonomic nervous system to help families build secure relationships and navigate life's challenges."
- Alexis
Background
Alexis has been a therapist since “the late 1900s” and is now sharing her wisdom as a coach. She has specialized in working with children and families from the lens of attachment theory and understanding the autonomic nervous system.
She has been teaching as an adjunct professor at various universities since 2006 and has traveled the country providing training to fellow therapists. Alexis is a mother to two daughters who are making their way through middle and high school. Along with her husband David, she works to be a secure base and safe haven to each of them. Likewise, Alexis has grown to love being a secure base and safe haven to caregivers.
Credentials or Awards:
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor (RPT-S)
Certified TheraplayⓇ Practitioner
Certified TheraplayⓇ Trainer
Safe and Sound Protocol Certified Provider
TraumaPlay Certified Therapist
2019 Shining Start Award (granted to a Minnesota play therapist who has displayed excellence within the community)
Fun Facts:
When Alexis finished high school, she took a gap year and joined a circus. She traveled around the US until she ran away from the circus in order to travel to Australia.
Alexis was born in Sydney, Australia and lived in Malaysia, South Korea and Hong Kong all before she turned twelve.
Alexis is fluent in American Sign Language. She went to Gallaudet University in Washington, DC for graduate school. All her classes were taught in ASL.
What makes me different from other parent coaches?
As well as being a coach, I have worked with children and families as a therapist. I completed my Masters in Counseling in 1999 and in the intervening years have taken endless numbers of trainings so that I could provide therapy with excellence.
Whereas many parent coaches work with the caregivers to help make behavioral changes, I desire to work with you AND your child. I also believe that behavioral changes may last a while but without examining what is causing the behaviors in the first place, troubling behaviors will return or return in a different skin.
I want you and your family to experience relational change - the kind of change that your child can bring into adulthood. The relationship you have with your child now will be the blueprint upon which all future relationships are built. Let’s make sure there is a strong foundation.
