Dr. Phillips provides cognitive behavioral treatment for a variety of mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and OCD.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a collaborative, goal-oriented treatment that can help reduce distress and bring healing for children, adolescents, and adults.

Dr. Phillips focuses on finding approaches that are strengths-based, affirming of identity, and responsive to each client’s culture and experiences in the world.

Dr. Phillips offers comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to help individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, reduce harmful behaviors, and build a meaningful life aligned with their values and goals.

DBT is a structured, intensive treatment that includes weekly individual therapy, phone coaching, and skills training in four core areas: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Dr. Phillips provides DBT services for adults as well as for adolescents and their families.

Dr. Phillips offers 8-week virtual parent groups that focus on improving family relationships, reducing conflict, navigating difficult situations, and setting healthy limits. The group supports parents in identifying how their own lived experiences, values, and identity inform their parenting, as well as building skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and behavior management.

This group is appropriate for caregivers of youth ages 8-16, including those with complex needs and youth who are neurodiverse.

Current openings for parent groups available starting in April 2025.

Being a caregiver is difficult and can be particularly stressful during periods of transition or if you are caring for a child, adolescent, or young adult who has behavioral or mental health challenges.

Dr. Phillips collaborates with caregivers to identify current needs and goals, and tailor interventions accordingly. She draws from evidence-based approaches including parent management training (PMT) to improve the caregiver-youth relationship and increase caregivers’ ability to respond effectively in challenging situations. Throughout, Dr. Phillips focuses on parents’ own life experiences, culture, and current context to support caregiver well-being and to align interventions with caregivers’ values and goals.

She also provides a structured intervention for caregivers to learn skills and strategies to effectively advocate for their children’s needs at school.

Healthy, supportive relationships are essential to our well-being, and yet they don’t always come easily. Families and couples can have difficulties with communication, handling conflicts, overcoming a stressful event, or navigating life transitions. These challenges can cause distress and make coping more difficult.

Dr. Phillips takes an active approach to couples and family therapy, starting with collaborative goal-setting and an assessment of current strengths and challenges. Therapy includes a balance of identifying and honoring emotional experiences, while also enhancing skills for communication, validation, collaborative problem-solving, and navigating conflict. Central to both family and couples’ therapy is the importance of enhancing both individual and relational well-being.

Executive functioning skills help you stay organized, focused, and in control to get things done. They include managing time, staying on task, adapting to changes, and following through with goals. For individuals with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and/or mental health challenges, executive functioning skills can be a struggle.

Dr. Phillips provides EF coaching to adolescents and adults, with a focus on concrete skill-building to enhance functioning in daily life. This type of intervention tends to be short-term, structured, and focused on the client’s specific goals.

Dr. Phillips provides consultation and training to school districts, mental health organizations, and non-profit organizations on topics related to mental health, social emotional learning, educator/provider well-being, and trauma-informed practice.

Please reach out for more information about currently available trainings and topics of consultation.