Play Therapy Psychiatrists in Buncombe County, NC
Hi there! My name is Dr. Brittany Vasquez and I am a dual board certified adult and child and adolescent psychiatrist. I specialize in the treatment of young adults (less than 22 years old), teens, and children who may need help with depression, anxiety, ADHD, adjustment, trauma (childhood), autism spectrum disorder, and emerging longer term mood and psychotic disorders. Originally from Appalachia and having returned home, I am excited to be starting private practice at the established and historic Carolina Mountain Psychiatry.
Hi there! My name is Dr. Brittany Vasquez and I am a dual board certified adult and child and adolescent psychiatrist. I specialize in the treatment of young adults (less than 22 years old), teens, and children who may need help with depression, anxiety, ADHD, adjustment, trauma (childhood), autism spectrum disorder, and emerging longer term mood and psychotic disorders. Originally from Appalachia and having returned home, I am excited to be starting private practice at the established and historic Carolina Mountain Psychiatry.
I am a board-certified psychiatrist treating children, adolescents, adults and perinatal clients with a holistic and integrative approach. I provide compassionate patient-centered care, listen deeply, and collaborate with clients to develop personalized treatment plans. As a physician and psychotherapist, I help address the complex relationship between physical and psychological health. I specialize in teens, psychodynamic psychotherapy, integrative medicine, trauma, LGBTQIA+, women's mental health and perinatal psychiatry.
I am a board-certified psychiatrist treating children, adolescents, adults and perinatal clients with a holistic and integrative approach. I provide compassionate patient-centered care, listen deeply, and collaborate with clients to develop personalized treatment plans. As a physician and psychotherapist, I help address the complex relationship between physical and psychological health. I specialize in teens, psychodynamic psychotherapy, integrative medicine, trauma, LGBTQIA+, women's mental health and perinatal psychiatry.
I am a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist in private practice in Asheville, NC and on faculty at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, CT. I provide therapy as well as medication management, when necessary. The primary modalities I use with clients are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. One of my biggest passions is providing excellent resources to supplement therapy, so clients feel well-versed in their treatment and realize they are not the only ones going through these struggles. Mental health issues are common and treatable and there should be no shame in getting help!
I am a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist in private practice in Asheville, NC and on faculty at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, CT. I provide therapy as well as medication management, when necessary. The primary modalities I use with clients are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. One of my biggest passions is providing excellent resources to supplement therapy, so clients feel well-versed in their treatment and realize they are not the only ones going through these struggles. Mental health issues are common and treatable and there should be no shame in getting help!
Online Psychiatrists
I employ therapeutic modalities that take into consideration a client’s age and development, including play therapy with children and psychodynamic psychotherapy with adolescents and adults.
I am a psychiatrist whose practices utilizes psychodynamic psychotherapy and prudent medication management. My approach is relational and attachment-based. I work with clients to create a space to explore thoughts, feelings, desires, and motivations with dignity and curiosity. Taking time to explore ones inner world can be challenging, rewarding, surprising, and fun. This work can provide a path to a better understanding of one’s relationship to one’s self, to others, and to the world and can be helpful for anxiety, motivation, identity, self-esteem, life experiences, relationships, separation, attachment, and transitions.
I employ therapeutic modalities that take into consideration a client’s age and development, including play therapy with children and psychodynamic psychotherapy with adolescents and adults.
I am a psychiatrist whose practices utilizes psychodynamic psychotherapy and prudent medication management. My approach is relational and attachment-based. I work with clients to create a space to explore thoughts, feelings, desires, and motivations with dignity and curiosity. Taking time to explore ones inner world can be challenging, rewarding, surprising, and fun. This work can provide a path to a better understanding of one’s relationship to one’s self, to others, and to the world and can be helpful for anxiety, motivation, identity, self-esteem, life experiences, relationships, separation, attachment, and transitions.
Shukairo 'shay' Baker
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNPBC, LCSW, LCAS
Verified Verified
Gastonia, NC 28052
I believe that the body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the soul heals with joy.
My ideal client struggles with mental health issues like ADHD, anxiety, depression, or trauma, faces life transitions, or has low self-esteem and chronic stress. They need a thorough assessment, personalized care plan that sometimes includes medication, ongoing support, and educational resources. Their goals include improving mental health, boosting self-esteem, navigating life changes smoothly, and achieving work-life balance. They seek relief from symptoms, personal growth, stability, and a supportive therapeutic relationship to lead a more fulfilling life.
I believe that the body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the soul heals with joy.
My ideal client struggles with mental health issues like ADHD, anxiety, depression, or trauma, faces life transitions, or has low self-esteem and chronic stress. They need a thorough assessment, personalized care plan that sometimes includes medication, ongoing support, and educational resources. Their goals include improving mental health, boosting self-esteem, navigating life changes smoothly, and achieving work-life balance. They seek relief from symptoms, personal growth, stability, and a supportive therapeutic relationship to lead a more fulfilling life.
Mood Treatment Center Clemmons & Boone
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Boone, NC 28607
Psychiatric center with offices in Boone, Clemmons, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro, NC. We offer counseling, medication, natural treatments, DBT, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and esketamine. When people take medications, we help them build a lifestyle to further their recovery.
Psychiatric center with offices in Boone, Clemmons, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro, NC. We offer counseling, medication, natural treatments, DBT, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and esketamine. When people take medications, we help them build a lifestyle to further their recovery.
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Play Therapy Psychiatrists
Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have experienced physical or emotional abuse or witnessed atrocities. Play therapy is also often recommended for children who are undergoing major medical procedures or who are suffering from chronic illness; many children’s hospitals are equipped to offer play therapy on-site. Play therapy is also sometimes used for adults; creative writing, music, and art are expressive forms that can all be adapted for therapeutic purposes.
Why do people need play therapy?
Children often do not have the language skills or words to know or to express what is troubling them. Yet they often spontaneously draw or use playthings to depict scenarios that reflect problems in their everyday life. Play therapy provides children with an array of objects and play situations to act out their feelings or experiences so that therapists can get a clear picture of what children might be struggling with and help them find solutions. In addition, play therapists are skilled at helping children understand their inner experience and find words for them, necessary steps toward helping children learn to control their own behavior and come up with solutions to problems they encounter.
What happens in play therapy?
A child enters a comfortable playroom where they are free to choose the objects they want to play with. The play therapist will typically observe how they play with the toys—whether a sandbox, puppets, dolls and action figures, trucks, costumes, drawing and painting materials, or more—because such play provides clues to a child’s family and social relationships, difficulties they are encountering in the world, and what going on inside themselves. Sometimes the therapist may ask the child to use the play objects to tell a story about their family. Using the same instruments of play, therapists can help children discover more advantageous ways of thinking and behaving.
What kinds of problems do play therapists treat?
Play therapy can help children who display destructive or self-destructive impulses; children who seem angry, sad, or fearful; children who experience frequent social, emotional, family, or school difficulty. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, who are regularly exposed to family conflict, or who have been physically or emotionally abused. Play therapy can help children who are perpetrators of bullying as well as those who are targets of bullying. It helps children learn to identify their feelings, to express them in constructive ways, and to regulate them so they can get on with the business of development.
How long does play therapy last?
Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and they usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Each session is tailored to the individual child and the kinds of problems they are struggling with. Play that is highly repetitive often indicates a problem requiring further exploration. Therapists typically measure progress through session-to-session changes in play behavior.