Behavior Reset & Ongoing Behavior Consultation

Behavior Reset

When something isn't working at home, let's figure out why—and what to do differently.

Sometimes you don't need another provider added to your child's schedule. You need someone to help you step back, understand what's driving a behavior, and figure out what might actually help.

Behavior Reset is a parent-centered approach for families navigating difficult routines, meltdowns, transitions, emotional regulation, ADHD and executive functioning challenges, challenging behavior—or simply feeling like nothing you've tried is working.

We'll look at what's happening before, during, and after the behavior; what your child may be communicating; what environmental, developmental, or emotional factors may be contributing; and how changing the adults' responses can sometimes change the entire pattern.

This isn't about creating a perfectly behaved child.

It's about understanding what's happening and making family life work better.

Two Ways to Work With Me

Behavior Reset
One behavior. One focused plan.

For parents who have one specific behavior they want to better understand and address. We'll meet for 90 minutes, dig deeply into what's happening, and develop an individualized action plan. We'll then meet for a 60 minute follow-up to see what's working, troubleshoot, and make adjustments.

Ongoing Behavior Consultation
For when it's bigger than one behavior.

Sometimes there isn't one isolated problem. You may be navigating several challenges, trying to understand your child's ADHD or autism, or simply wanting ongoing guidance as new situations come up.

We'll meet regularly and work directly together—understanding behavior, developing strategies, trying them in your real life, and adjusting based on what actually happens.

The goal isn't for you to depend on me indefinitely. It's for you to become increasingly confident understanding your child and knowing what to do when something isn't working.

Why I Changed the Way I Work With Families

For years, I worked in traditional ABA programs where a child might receive 20–25 hours of services every week. As the BCBA, I developed treatment goals based on the family's concerns, created interventions, trained behavioral technicians to implement them, observed sessions, analyzed progress, adjusted the plan, and provided parent training along the way.

There could be an entire team of people working incredibly hard to help one child.

But over time, I started asking myself some bigger questions:

What are we actually teaching the child?

What is the parent learning through all of this?

And what happens when the treatment team goes home?

Even when goals originated from what parents wanted help with—and even when parent training was part of the treatment plan—I sometimes felt there was still a disconnect. I was the person with the training and experience, but much of the intervention was being carried out by technicians. Meanwhile, the parent was the person who ultimately needed to understand their child and navigate these challenges long after any ABA team was gone.

That experience changed the way I wanted to work with families.

So I decided to skip some of the middle.

With Behavior Reset, you work directly with me.

You tell me what's happening. We'll slow it down and figure it out together. I'll help you understand what may be driving or maintaining the behavior, what your child may be communicating, and what might need to change—whether that's the environment, expectations, your response, a skill your child needs help developing, or sometimes simply the way we're understanding the behavior.

Then we'll come up with strategies that you understand, feel comfortable with, and can actually use in your real life.

I'm not sending a technician into your home for 25 hours a week. I'm not trying to create another treatment team for you to manage. And I'm not interested in changing a behavior simply because it's inconvenient or looks different.

I want to give you my expertise directly, so that you can better understand your child and feel more confident handling the situations that are difficult for your family.

A Note About ABA

Is Behavior Reset ABA? Not exactly.

I spent many years working in Applied Behavior Analysis, eventually becoming a BCBA and Regional Director. I worked with children and families in their homes, schools, and treatment centers, and collaborated with teachers, case workers, and other professionals providing wraparound support.

Even then, my approach was very play-based, relationship-focused, and child-led. I wanted to enter a child's world, understand what interested and motivated them, build trust, and use that relationship to help them communicate, learn, and become more independent.

Looking back, I can see how naturally that approach aligned with the therapist I would later become. As an MFT, I think about attunement, relationships, emotions, the family system, and the person underneath the behavior. As a BCBA, I think about what behavior is communicating, what purpose it serves, what is happening in the environment, and what we can change to make things work better.

I value both perspectives.

And I also have complicated feelings about the ABA industry.

I've seen ABA help children learn incredibly meaningful skills and help families understand behaviors that once felt impossible to navigate. I have also seen situations in which business models, authorized hours, productivity expectations, or insurance reimbursement can begin influencing treatment in ways that don't necessarily feel aligned with what an individual child or family actually needs.

That matters to me.

I don't believe more therapy is automatically better therapy. I don't believe every behavior needs to be changed. And I don't believe treatment decisions should be driven primarily by how many hours an insurance company will authorize or what makes financial sense for a provider.

If I recommend something for your family, I want to be able to recommend it because I genuinely believe it will help—not because an insurance company will pay for it.

For that reason, I don't currently provide traditional comprehensive ABA services through an ABA agency or structure my parent-support work around insurance-authorized ABA treatment hours.

Instead, I take what I still deeply value from behavioral science and combine it with what I've learned through years of psychotherapy, family systems work, and being with families.

We can look at behavior without losing sight of the child.

We can teach skills without trying to make a neurodivergent child look neurotypical.

We can change things that are making family life difficult while still respecting a child's personality, preferences, communication, sensory needs, and autonomy.

And we can ask not only “How do we change this behavior?” but also “What is this child trying to tell us?”

That's the kind of parent support I want to provide.

Which Option Is Right for Me?

You don't need to know exactly what kind of help you need before reaching out. A simple place to start is by asking yourself:

Do I have ONE specific behavior I want help with?

Choose Behavior Reset if there's one particular behavior your child is engaging in that you want to understand more deeply and have a clear plan for addressing.

Maybe your child is refusing to go to school, having meltdowns around a particular transition, struggling with bedtime, engaging in aggression, or there's one recurring behavior that has everyone feeling stuck.

We'll focus on that one behavior—what's happening before, during, and after it; what may be contributing to it; what your child may be communicating; and what you can do differently.

90-minute consultation + individualized action plan + follow-up | $500

Or do I need help with the bigger picture?

Choose Ongoing Behavior Consultation if there isn't just one behavior—or if you'd like someone you can regularly consult with as different challenges come up.

Maybe you're navigating ADHD or autism, difficult routines, emotional regulation, boundaries, sibling dynamics, school challenges, independence, or several behaviors that seem to overlap.

We'll meet regularly to talk through what's happening, identify patterns, develop strategies, and then come back together to see what actually worked in your real life and make adjustments.

There isn't a predetermined number of sessions. The goal is not to create another service your family needs indefinitely. It's to help you feel increasingly confident understanding your child and responding when something isn't working.

Still not sure?

That's okay. Tell me a little about what's happening when you reach out, and I'll help you decide which option makes the most sense for your family.

Behavior Reset and Ongoing Behavior Consultation are private-pay services. Insurance is not billed directly for these services.