Creating pathways
for healing
FOR THE YOUNGEST HEARTS TO THE OLDEST SOULS (AGES 2 & UP)

At Inner Mind Counseling, we work with children, adolescents, and adults to gently untangle anxiety, trauma, and the everyday challenges of family life by using the healing power of play and the understanding of brain science.

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Services

Specializations

Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Parent Coaching
Parenting Group
LSW/LAC Supervision

Anxiety
OCD
Trauma
Parenting
Children (Ages 2+) and Adolescents

Specialized Treatment

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Sand Play Therapy

Children, adolescents AND adults benefit from sand play therapy. Healing occurs through the use of symbolism, metaphor and unconscious to unconscious communication.

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Parent Coaching

Parent coaching is essential for successful treatment for your child. We teach parents how to use brain science to their advantage. Parenting is hard but we provide support.

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Play Therapy

In play therapy, children show us what hurts with toys, sand and stories and whatever else they reach for, long before they have the words for it.

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EMDR

EMDR uses left/right bilateral stimulation (Eye movements, tapping, marching, etc.) to reduce anxiety and reprocess trauma. We use EMDRIA approved protocol as well as specializing in adaptations to use EMDR with children.

Inside the Playroom...

We Increase The Capacity To Manage Big Feelings By

Regulating The Nervous System

Integrating Coping Skills

Rewiring Brain Pathways

Children will say after their appointment "we just played" and that's because

PLAY IS THE TREATMENT .

(with a registered play therapist)

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We don't sit your child down and give them worksheets to learn coping skills. (There's workbooks for that)

Your child gets to decide what they want to play and how they want to play (within reason)

While your child is playing, they truly express themselves and safely activate their feelings.

This allows us to help your child integrate coping skills in the moment.

With a registered play therapist,

It's Not Just Play. It's Therapy.

Learn How it Works!

While working with families we hear parents say...

*Over the years, many families have shared moments like these with us. They reflect the kinds of changes we witness, and aren't tied to any one family.

Caitlyn Stephens, LCSW

Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor

Caitlyn specializes in treating children, adolescents and adults with anxiety and trauma. Caitlyn has over 12 years of experience working in a variety of different settings. She loves learning different therapeutic models and understanding how the brain works.

About Me