Daryn Friedman, is a LCSW and life-coach with an advanced degree in Applied Behavior Analysis. Daryn uses a skills-based behavioral approach. His specialties are: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Help, Parent Training, Anxiety/Social Skills Training, ADHD, Depression, Couples Counseling. Daryn creates a custom tailored plan of action to address challenging oppositional and defiant behaviors in children and adolescents, opening the door to rewarding interactions and a brighter future for the family. He teaches parents Behavior Modification strategies, that promote positive change. He provides parents with these strategies, in the form of a parent training packet, that they can reference at home to help them implement strategies successfully. Daryn helps reduce and/or eliminate anxiety, through a gradual, systematic, approach. This helps clients feel more comfortable in social or other anxiety inducing situations, increasing their self-esteem. With a focus on action-oriented, practical approaches to improving time management and concentration, while limiting forgetful behaviors, Daryn's tools, techniques, and strategies for ADHD clients helps keep their lives organized towards a confident path to success. Daryn develops thoughtful, personalized, manageable strategies designed to offer hope in dealing with feelings of intense hopelessness and sadness for depressed clients. For Couples Counseling, Daryn's evidence-based, practical techniques teaches couples how to support one another and work together as partners, with an emphasis on better communicating by reminding them they are on the same team. Focusing on learning how to show appreciation and disappointment in a healthy way, clients learn to appreciate each other's qualities, leading to a stronger partnership.