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Getting to a therapy session can be a struggle.  Traffic, work schedules and home responsibilities can keep us from seeking the help we need. 

Finding the right "fit" from the selection of in-person therapists in your local area may add an additional struggle.

Online therapy solves these problems by bringing therapy to you at your convenience.

Our therapists use a HIPAA compliant video software program along with HIPAA complaint email and a HIPAA complaint payment software to ensure your confidentiality.

In California, your insurance plan is required to cover online counseling the same as it covers fact-to-face behavioral health services. We accept several insurance plans and are in the processed of adding more.

​Read our Online Therapy Questions and Answers page.
​We would love to speak with you regarding your goals for the remarkable therapeutic journey.  Contact us for details!

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 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, challenges faulty thinking and ineffective behaviors and focuses on developing new ways of thinking and behaving in order to find more satisfaction in relationships and life.

New skills, behaviors and interaction patterns are practiced and processed during sessions via role play, and in "real life" through homework assignments.

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 While some adults may feel comfortable talking about their feelings, this type of discussion is often awkward for kids who oftentimes don't have the vocabulary or emotional regulation skills necessary to verbalize their internal experience.  Kids express emotion through their natural language, play. 

Play therapy provides the tools (a variety of selective toys, games and activities) in a safe and nurturing environment to give the child/ren (and/or family) the opportunity to express a wide range of emotion, process pain, and learn new coping skills. (Scroll for printable brochure.)

​You may be surprised to find that play therapy can be helpful for adults, too! See Play Therapy for Adults.

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Our emotions are not stored as words.  In fact, using words to express emotion may interrupt the healing process.  When we get 'all cognitive' with our feelings, we divert focus from the emotion part of the brain toward the thinking / reasoning part of the brain... that part that wants to rationalize, justify, minimize or blame-shift.  (Tactics that aren't really helpful in therapy.)

Play therapy for adults (may be considered a type of Experiential Therapy) can be an effective tool to access stored trauma, unpleasant experiences, and consequential negative emotions so that we can address the root issue.

Play therapy for adults provides a safe and nurturing environment to finally give your inner child a voice.

​Play therapy can be combined with other effective therapeutic interventions.

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We have known about the positive effects of multi-sensory integration for children with diverse abilities (including autism spectrum disorder / ASD) for some time now.

More recently, researchers have been studying the outcomes of multi-sensory interventions with other populations, including adults with Alzheimer's and with children and adults who have experienced trauma.  Not surprisingly, the results are promising.

Multi-sensory integration focuses on internal sensations and experiences: interception, proprioception and vestibular, rather than only cognitive or emotional understanding. 

Often called "somatic experiencing" in the therapy-world, multi-sensory activities (jumping, bouncing, landing, touching, seeing, smelling and experiencing one's body in a safe and controlled environment) can help children, teens and adults:

- gain options for sensory seeking
- assist with mood and attention
- acquire new gross and fine motor skills
- improve coordination
​- develop muscle strength
- improve safety awareness
- increase positive sense of self
- promote stable posture
- increase stamina
- experience the interaction with their body and the environment in a safe and healthy way
- reduce stereotypical behaviors
- promote self-regulation
- acquire new skills
- increase confidence
- improve body awareness and balance
- get energy out 
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If your child, teen or family could benefit from counseling services in a multisensory environment (MSE), call to schedule an appointment.

Strengthening the relationship between parent/s and child/ren can foster:

- a sense of confidence
- cooperative behaviors
- effective communication
- positive interactions
- feelings of security
- attachment / bonding
- a more stabilized mood
- emotional intelligence
​- healthy future relationships

Parent-child therapy is beneficial in assisting families who have experienced a trauma or difficult life transition such as the absence, addiction or death of a parent.  Parent-child therapy focuses on both the parent and the child, as well as the relational interactions that can promote bonding, attachment, cooperation, self-esteem and wellbeing. 

The foundations built between a child and primary caregiver can set the trajectory for future adult mental health and relationships and overall emotional wellbeing. Safe, supportive, nurturing relationships early in life have been found to act as a buffer against current and future life stressors.

There are a variety of techniques that can be used when helping families work toward great health and functioning.  Here is a of couple examples:
Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CPC-CBT)

​With CPC-CBT, parents learn positive parenting, effective communication, caring attachment, and behavior modification, among other skills.  Parents and their children engage in some sessions together and the family is empowered toward greater emotional health and wellbeing.

Child- Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
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Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) assists caregivers (parents, foster parents or guardians) in recognizing and meeting the needs of self and child, and to successfully create a safe, healthy attachment. 

​This type of therapy is useful after the loss of another primary caregiver or any type of difficult transition that may cause anxiety or upset within the child or family unit and may be combined with other approaches to facilitate healing and well-being.
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