I offer cognitive-behavioral therapy to help you make your own positive life decisions. Through sharing ideas in a caring, respectful relationship, you are actively involved in decision-making throughout the therapy process. My role is to provide a supportive and trusting environment.
Early on, Kimberly received training with acute children and adolescents in PHP and IOP services. She has used that training to help children and adolescents with emotional regulation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, anxiety, mindfulness, impulsivity, child/parent relationships, trauma, anger, aggression, and ADHD/executive functioning. Kimberly uses play therapy and age-appropriate techniques while working with kids and adolescents to help them express themselves during therapy.
Growing up is not easy for anyone including children, adolescents, or their parents! The reality is that it can be very hard to be a child or teen. They experience vast changing emotions, however, they are not equipped at their developmental stages to handle or understand feelings and experiences the same way as adults. I would strive to provide a nonjudgmental, safe and comforting environment for your child or adolescent to process through their various degrees of emotions and experiences, and aid them in expressing and making sense of how they are feeling more effectively.
I have specialized training and extensive experience working with children and adolescents. I provide play therapy for children ages 3-9 and activity therapy for children ages 10-13.
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMFT, CCBT, CCHT
There are a lot of choices for teens to deal with in today's world.
Teenagers and their parents are struggling with the teens wanting independence while still needing parental guidance.
Teenagers often have problems expressing their thoughts, feelings and needs to parents.
These communication conflicts often result in behavioral problems that can be long lasting.
Parents and loved ones may feel frustrated, scared, angry, and wonder how to help their teen.
Teen Crisis Management using cognitive behavioral skills will achieve a positive solution for all members of your family.
TEEN AND YOUTH CRISIS SKILLS PROGRAM -
Learn to:
IDENTIFY your power struggles,
DEFINE your communication conflict areas,
ACQUIRE skills to negotiate conflict or crisis,
RESOLVE anger, blame, guilt and fear issues,
CREATE a healthier and happier family
Children and adolescent work requires being able to see them as an equal and giving them a voice and some method of control over themselves. They are still developing and far to often have adult ideas and understanding placed on them without them having the skills. I believe in meeting them where they are at.
Adolescents face pressures and obstacles they are unable to handle due to their developmental age. Adolescents experience strong emotions that they are not mature enough to understand, much less express them in a way parents and caregivers can understand. I work with adolescents who are struggling with LGBTQ+ issues, anxiety, relationships, depression, self-esteem and self-harm issues. I have adolescent therapy groups where these topics are discussed, as well as, the effects of social media, body image, bullying, peer pressure and what it means to have values, morals and responsibilities.
Dennis has worked with individuals from age 6 to 88, and especially is passionate in helping folks with trauma, and also relationship challenges. Thank you in advance if you are considering Dennis for your future counseling needs.