We specialize in working with childhood trauma. Including physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and/or witnessing any type of traumatic event. Experiencing trauma may have a wide-spread of symptoms and effects on your life. We work in collaboration with you to minimize or eliminate these overwhelming effects which have impacted your life.

Therapeutic Approach
Our approach is supportive, warm, and collaborative. We believe that the client/counselor relationship is important in the therapeutic process.We are integrative in approach as we believe that no single therapy is beneficial for everyone. We use various counseling theories and techniques to treat the "whole" person. Depending on your goals in therapy we may draw from, experiential, cognitive behavioral therapy, humanistic, and/or systemic approaches. Our goal is to create a safe and nonjudgmental environment that allows you the opportunity to explore the areas of your life that you would like to work on.

Counseling Services:
All appointments are confidential.
Evening appointments available.

Children (2 y/o +) / Adolescent Counseling: Provides a safe and supportive place to explore concerns at their developmental level. In working with children I use primarily play therapy techniques.

Individual Counseling: Helps you to gain insight into your concerns, to heal from past wounds, and promote growth and wholeness.

Couples Counseling: Helps couples to address the various stressors in their relationship. Focuses on communication, intimacy, and other relationship issues including sex therapy and/or sexual dysfunctions.

Family Counseling: Helps families to gain understanding of disruptive patterns. Helps to improve communication skills, problem-solving, and promote greater family harmony.

Play Therapy: Uses various mediums for the expression of thoughts, fears, and emotions in a safe environment to achieve growth and insight.
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Group Counseling: Group work has many benefits to its members. The group brings together individuals who share a similar issue to work through in a safe and supportive environment.

Our services are not limited to only to trauma, we also work with a variety of other psychological issues including:

• Abuse
• Anger management
• Anxiety
• Behavioral difficulties in children
• Depression
• Families (foster families, step-families, etc)
• Grief and loss
• Life transitions
• Mood disorders
• Parenting skills
• Phobias/panic attacks
• Self-esteem
• Stress management
• Substance abuse
• Trauma

"It is a sign of wisdom, not weakness to ask for help." Unknown

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” -Lao Tzu

Other Services:
Customized workshops/trainings
Groups (children, adolescents, adults)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

RECOMMENDED READING
For Children
Grief, Loss, Trauma

Brave Bart, by Caroline Sheppard, illustrated John Manikoff

I Told My Secret: A Book for Kids Who Were Abused by Sally Haskell and Eliana

Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children by Geraldine M. Blomquist and Paul B. Blomquist

Tear Soup, by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen, and Taylor Bills

What is Death?, by Etan Boritzer

Jungle Journey, by Barbara Betker McIntyre and Michael O. Henderson

Angel Catcher for Kids, by Amy Eldon

A Very Touching Book for Little People and for Big People, by Jan Hindman

My Body is Private, by Linda Walvoord Girard, pictures by Rodney Pate

Loving Touches: A Book for Children About Positive, Caring Kinds of Touching
By Lory Freeman, illustrated by Carol Deach

The Trouble with Secrets, by Karen Johnsen, illustrated by Linda Johnson Forssell

The Right Touch, by Sandy Kleven, LCSW, illustrated by Jody Bergsma

Divorce
It’s not your fault, Koko Bear, by Vicki Lansky

Through the Eyes of Children: Healing Stories for Children of Divorce, by Janet Johnson, Karen Breunig, Carla Garrity and Mitchell Baris

Why are We Getting a Divorce? by Peter Mayle

Dinosaurs Divorce, by Laurene Krasny and Marc Brown

For Adolescents
Grief, Loss, Trauma

Dating Violence: True Stories of Hurt and Hope, by John Hicks

Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss, by Enid Samuel Traisman

How Long Does It Hurt?: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families, by Mather, Cynthia L. and Kristina E. Debye, Illustrated by Judy Wood

Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse: A Book for Teen Girls, Young Women, and Everyone Who Cares About Them, by Patti Feuereisen and Caroline Pincus

Laurie Tells, by Lowery Linda, Illustrated by John Eric Karpinski.

Telling, by Reynolds, Marilyn.

Divorce
How to survive your parents’ Divorce, by Gayle Kimball

How it Feels When Parents Divorce, by Jill Krementz

How to Get It Together When Your Parents Are Coming Apart, By Arlene Richards and Irene Willis.

For Adults/Parents
Grief, Loss, Trauma

How Do We Tell The Children?, by Dan Schaefer, Christine Lyons, and David Peretz

Helping Children Cope with Death, by The Dougy Center

Bereaved Children and Teens, by Earl. Grollman

Parenting Through Crisis, by Barbara Coloroso

Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by James P. Emswiler and Mary Ann Emswiler

Trauma and Recovery, by Judith Herman

Children and Trauma: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, by Cynthia Monahon

The Courage to Heal, by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Families in Recovery: Healing the Damage of Childhood Sexual Abuse, by Beverly Engel

Divorce
Difficult Questions Kids Ask About Divorce, by Meg F. Schneider and Joan Zuckerberg

Mom’s House, Dad’s House, by Isolina Ricci

Parents are Forever, by S. Thompson

How To Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce, by Elissa P. Benedek and Catherine F. Brown