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Children, Adolescents, Adults

Therapy is going to look different for everyone.  

For children or teens, it may be difficult to name emotions, it takes time to build trust.  Therapy can act as a bridge, help them gain confidence, work through normalizing their emotions, allow greater comfort with their authentic selves and offer them a space to exhale. 

 

Whatever it is, we take time and get to the heart of it, allowing room for expression through words, art, play and to develop coping skills that may help them move through the world with more ease and comfort.

Adults often require a bit of unlearning ideas they've been taught to believe about themselves.  Perhaps a late diagnosed neurodivergent adult is finally coming to terms with what has made certain social situations or workplace interactions such a challenge, and they need a place to confront that safely. 

 

There's no judgment here.  There's no need to fix who you are, it's more about using the information in front of you to plan ways for safer interaction with the world, self compassion, learning ways to care for yourself and advocate for your needs.  Most assuredly, whatever brings you to therapy, whether it's for yourself, learning to support a partner or child in different ways, you aren't alone on this journey. 

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Employed by: Center for Mindful Psychotherapy

Supervised by: Lori Crowley, MA LMFT #121471, LPCC #10892

Shayna Kirk, MBA, M.A. Associate Marriage & Family Therapist AMFT#165416

Ph: 707.868.8050 Email: shayna.kirk@mindfulcenter.org

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