With child or adolescent mental health, early treatment can help to prevent severe issues as a child grows up. With my expert and training with child or adolescent issues, I can provide CBT, DBT, ACT, TFCBT, and solution focused therapy treatment to help your child or adolescent as they navigate life.
I have focused my private clinical practice on working with adolescents and young adults in particular. I have a lot of experience clinically and through volunteering working with adolescents. Whether in middle school, high school, college/early 20s, I really enjoy providing support and guidance to individuals in the incredibly important developmental phase of adolescence. It's important for adolescents to have their own safe, trusted outlet to explore the time period between childhood and full independence, which can include a lot of growth edges such as familial conflict, tumultuous peer relationships, overwhelming emotions, and new risk behaviors.
My psychological evaluations cover a full range of psychological disorders as currently designated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5-TR, including disorders of childhood and adolescence.
I have years of experience working with children and adolescents. I understand the unique issues they face in a world where they have little control. I use a variety of techniques too help children and adolescents deal with family issues, school issues, anxiety, depression, and more.
In our comfortable, home-like ranch setting, clients of all ages and income levels are provided counseling or psychotherapy with the assistance of certified counselors and their trained therapy animals. Have a cup of tea and pet the baby goats while you wait, or sit quietly in our gazebo and read.
My years of training and experience allow me to meet clients of any age where they are and provide a space were they can express their feelings in a developmentally appropriate way. I have worked with children and adolescents in a variety of therapeutic settings including as a school counselor for a k-8 school and as a substance abuse counselor for teens. I have worked with many young clients on a range of issues including trauma, sexual abuse, anxiety, bullying, depression, grief and loss, support with divorce and disordered eating.
I've worked with parents on their parenting skills and how to help raise little humans. I'm also able to work with adolescents and help them hold/process the big feelings they have. Kids come into the world with adult sized emotions and its scary and overwhelming trying to figure out how to handle them - its hard for adults to do this too, since we weren't taught either. We can work on skills to feel our feelings together.
Being a child, preteen or teen this day in age comes with it's own set of worries, concerns and challenges. Here at Minaret Therapeutic Services, we allow for a safe and comfortable space for you or your child to process those feelings and thoughts while also developing short-term/long-term goals to assist in their growing journey. Through a variety of methods like traditional psychotherapy, equine-assisted psychotherapy, outdoor therapy, and more, Minaret Therapeutic Services is here to assist with your or your child's therapeutic needs. Contact me today for a free 15-minute consultation to get started on your therapeutic journey today!