Dr. Gilliom specializes in helping families, couples, parents, and individuals.   She acts as a supportive consultant who can offer new tools and resources in solving problems and building skills.  She can help you strengthen and, in some cases, repair your important relationships and learn to see yourself and others more clearly.  She has interest and training in mindfulness and meditation. 

Dr. Gilliom offers a sliding fee scale based on income.  Telephone inquiries are welcome, and she schedules initial appointments promptly.

Some of the common problems or challenges she sees in her practice include the following:

For Couples:

Affairs

Communication

Conflict

Decision-making (e.g., career decisions, deciding whether to separate)

Divorce (e.g., minimizing the impact on children)

Intimacy (physical and emotional)

Premarital counseling

Repairing the friendship

Second marriages

Trust

Transition to parenthood

Marriage after children have left home

For Parents, Children and Families:

Behavior problems

School problems including bullying

Parenting skills for ADHD and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)

Developmental transitions (e.g., launching adolescents and young adults)

Family conflict

Overscheduled families

Mindful parenting

Co-parenting after divorce

Single parenting

Step-family challenges

For Individual Adults/Adolescents

Relationship issues

Identity and self-esteem

Work, school and career challenges