Services
I provide an array of different services including, but not limited to individual therapy, family therapy, and consultation. I specialize in the following therapy treatments EMDR, sand tray play therapy, play therapy, and TF-CBT.
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy that helps people to heal from hard life events. The main difference between EMDR and other therapies is that EMDR allows people to visit past hard life memories while also teaching the person to be present in the here and now so that the person is not overcome with emotion from the past hard life event.
Sand Tray Play Therapy
Sand tray play therapy is a therapy that uses a sand tray to tell the person’s story in this way creating a safe place for people to visit their struggles and issues without being overcome with emotion. This type of therapy is often used with children, but can be applied to adults, teens, couples, families, and groups as well. Sand tray therapy allows a person to construct his or her own world using miniature toys and sand. The scene created acts as a reflection of the person’s own life and allows him or her the change to grow and change.
Play Therapy
Play therapy is a type of therapy used primary with children. The reason being that play is the main way a child communicates and learns to master tasks and experiences in the child’s world. Play therapy differs from regular play in that the therapist empowers the child to face the child’s problems in the play room and work to find a solution in play. Play therapy builds on the natural way that children learn about themselves and their relationships in the world around them (Axline, 1947; Carmichael, 2006; Landreth, 2002).
Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
TF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment therapy designed to help individuals overcome the negative effects of a trauma through the use of telling ones story and making mean from the hard experience the person has had.