Counseling services are provided to children ages 3 and up, adolescents, adults and families.
Treatment Specializations
- Depression: Learn to manage symptoms of depression, which can range from mild to severe.
- Anxiety: Explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that contribute to the symptoms of anxiety and work to manage or eliminate them.
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Process the effects of the traumatic experience through trauma-focused therapy (TF-CBT).
- Traumatic Experiences: Work through traumatic events and their impact on a person. This can include life events or transitions, accidents, abuse, death, or catastrophic events.
- Abuse (Physical, Emotional or Sexual): Coming to terms with abuse and working through feelings surrounding the abuse and the abuser.
- Grief and Loss: Work through the stages of grief and the mourning experience.
- School Concerns: Deal with academic, behavioral, or social issues (such as bullying, peer relations, poor social skills).
- Parenting: Learn what are appropriate behaviors for your child’s age. Gain tools to deal with problem behaviors or your child’s specific needs.
- Relationship Issues: Work through problem areas with others (family members, friends, dating/romantic relationships, co-workers/bosses/employees, teachers, etc.)
- Self-Esteem: Improve one’s perception of self-image, worthiness, and confidence.
- Life Transitions: Guide through changes related to age, home environment/family structure, education, employment, physical health issues.
- Panic Disorders: Deal with severe anxiety and work to decrease or eliminate panic attacks.
- Divorce: Grieve the loss of the relationship, adjust to shifting family roles, and guide children through changes in family routine and structure.
- Emotion Regulation: Identify various feelings and learn how to cope with them.
- Anger Management: Learn to express intense feelings of anger in a healthier way.
- Behavior Management and Modification: Target children’s specific behavioral problems and find effective ways to manage them.
- Self-Care: Address life situations that prevent one from having optimal physical, mental, and emotional good health, including improved hygiene and daily functioning.
In addition to counseling services, we also provide clinical supervision for provisionally Licensed Professional Counselors and clinicians seeking to obtain their Registered Play Therapist credential.
What is play therapy?
Play therapy is a proven, evidence-based way to help children work through emotions and life challenges. Kids under about 12 experience the world differently than adults—they understand things through play and doing, rather than just talking.
In play therapy, children can express themselves in ways that feel natural to them. They might build a world in a sand tray, use toys and props to act out stories, draw or paint, or role-play different situations. Even children who are usually quiet about their feelings often find it easier to open up through play.
And play therapy isn’t just for younger kids—it can help tweens, teens, and even adults work through feelings in a safe, creative way.
To learn more, check out the About Play Therapy section of the Association for Play Therapy website.