What We do:
Heart In Heart Child Therapy LLC specializes in providing play-based psychotherapy to young children (approx. 3-12) and support for their caregiving adults. Heart In Heart Therapy offers a fully equipped play room in addition to spaces for sand tray, attachment work, movement and creative arts. A parent’s space is also available so that parents have a comfortable spot to wait for their children while they are in session as well as a place of their own to work with the therapist as the parent and therapist explore different ways to support the child. Heart In Heart is a trauma informed practice that also provides Theraplay informed services as well and EMDR services to work effectively with single incident as well as developmental trauma.
What We Believe:
All children (and parents) will do their best if they can. Challenging behavior in children can feel very personal. Dysregulation can overshadow the positive aspects of a child and sour the parent-child relationship. Heart In Heart Child Therapy believes that behavior is a function of skill, not will. Our philospophy is that “bad” behavior is a child signaling they have an unmet need. The purpose of therapy becomes about identifying needs, meeting needs and filling skills gaps so that positive change is possible. We firmly believe that there are no bad children and that all parents are doing their best with the resources available to them. There are no families that are without hope.
Parents are partners. While children will often be the ones “in session” with the therapist, Heart In Heart Child Therapy believes in the power of the parent-child relationship above all else. Because that primary relationship is so powerful, the therapist's role is to partner with the parents, with the parent actively participating throughout the therapy process. At times parents may join in sessions. All of the time, parents will be asked to be active partners outside of session. While the child may be the “reason” for therapy, it is through work with the parent-child dyad that lasting change occurs.
Diagnoses describe, but they don’t determine outcomes. When your child receives a diagnosis like ADHD, ODD or Anxiety, it can feel like a life sentence. Heart In Heart Child Therapy sees these diagnosis as a description of behavior rather than a definition of the person. We look past the diagnosis to see the person and the strengths and special abilities within.