Child Therapists in Memphis, TN
Leslie Oattis
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP, RPT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Memphis, TN 38117
Waitlist for new clients
I am passionate about working with children, adolescents and their families on this healing journey.
Every journey begins with a single step. You are taking that first courageous step right now. Do you envision a better relationship with your child or long for your family to have fun together again? You might wonder what it would be like to see more smiles and laughter and experience less crying and fighting in your home. I can help you to move from chaos to calm. My expertise in working with children and families can help you achieve your goals.
I am passionate about working with children, adolescents and their families on this healing journey.
Every journey begins with a single step. You are taking that first courageous step right now. Do you envision a better relationship with your child or long for your family to have fun together again? You might wonder what it would be like to see more smiles and laughter and experience less crying and fighting in your home. I can help you to move from chaos to calm. My expertise in working with children and families can help you achieve your goals.
I am committed to helping my clients build resilience and work towards resolution and healing. I understand that mental health is a unique and personal journey for each individual, and I use a variety of modalities to create the best approach for each client. I believe in validation and curiosity in my therapeutic approach, while also helping my clients to do hard things and challenge themselves to create a more joyful and meaningful life. I work with adults, teens, children, and families, and have experience in helping individuals navigate a range of mental health concerns.
I am committed to helping my clients build resilience and work towards resolution and healing. I understand that mental health is a unique and personal journey for each individual, and I use a variety of modalities to create the best approach for each client. I believe in validation and curiosity in my therapeutic approach, while also helping my clients to do hard things and challenge themselves to create a more joyful and meaningful life. I work with adults, teens, children, and families, and have experience in helping individuals navigate a range of mental health concerns.
Laurin has worked with Children, Adolescents, and Adults in a variety of settings.
Life can be hard and it helps to have someone who will walk alongside you during those times. I consider it an honor to listen to the stories of my clients and help them navigate through the complexities of life, both past and present. My office is a safe space to bring whatever is keeping you stuck or repeating destructive patterns of behavior and begin a road to healing.
Laurin has worked with Children, Adolescents, and Adults in a variety of settings.
Life can be hard and it helps to have someone who will walk alongside you during those times. I consider it an honor to listen to the stories of my clients and help them navigate through the complexities of life, both past and present. My office is a safe space to bring whatever is keeping you stuck or repeating destructive patterns of behavior and begin a road to healing.
Play Therapy allows the therapist to best communicate with children (as with other ages) and reach them on a deeper level than with just talking.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with years of experience working with a wide range of clients. I have extensive training working with children and teenagers and have worked with families in the Greater Memphis Area for over 10 years. I have a unique insight that allows clients to best express their needs and work towards their individual goals.
Play Therapy allows the therapist to best communicate with children (as with other ages) and reach them on a deeper level than with just talking.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with years of experience working with a wide range of clients. I have extensive training working with children and teenagers and have worked with families in the Greater Memphis Area for over 10 years. I have a unique insight that allows clients to best express their needs and work towards their individual goals.
Elizabeth A Harris
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Memphis, TN 38117
Waitlist for new clients
I will NOT be able to take new child patients until September 1, 2023.
I'm a clinical psychologist who's been in practice over 30 years. I currently work with children 3 years old to 11 years old, skip adolescence, and work with individual adults challenged by issues such as anxiety, depression, divorce adjustment and grief and loss. My original area of specialty was with pre-schoolers and young children up to 11 years old. I utilize techniques of play therapy, including sandbox therapy and mutual storytelling. My work with children, of course, includes parent guidance. Techniques with adults include: psychodynamic psychotherapy and mindfulness.
I will NOT be able to take new child patients until September 1, 2023.
I'm a clinical psychologist who's been in practice over 30 years. I currently work with children 3 years old to 11 years old, skip adolescence, and work with individual adults challenged by issues such as anxiety, depression, divorce adjustment and grief and loss. My original area of specialty was with pre-schoolers and young children up to 11 years old. I utilize techniques of play therapy, including sandbox therapy and mutual storytelling. My work with children, of course, includes parent guidance. Techniques with adults include: psychodynamic psychotherapy and mindfulness.
Jarrod Micah Hoffman
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, MHSP, (temp)
Verified Verified
Memphis, TN 38119
I help children and adolescents overcome challenging life circumstances, I guide young adults to find purpose and fulfillment in relationships, career, and calling, and I support those in recovery to find hope and freedom.
Are you lonely? Tired? Scared? Have you decided you need help? You fear what might happen if you put off counseling any longer. You've tried everything you know to fix your problem. You thought you would have figured it out by now. Your job, your career, your life circumstances have never been so challenging. Trying to solve this puzzle has been exhausting, debilitating, and perplexing! You're beyond ready to experience freedom and purpose!
I help children and adolescents overcome challenging life circumstances, I guide young adults to find purpose and fulfillment in relationships, career, and calling, and I support those in recovery to find hope and freedom.
Are you lonely? Tired? Scared? Have you decided you need help? You fear what might happen if you put off counseling any longer. You've tried everything you know to fix your problem. You thought you would have figured it out by now. Your job, your career, your life circumstances have never been so challenging. Trying to solve this puzzle has been exhausting, debilitating, and perplexing! You're beyond ready to experience freedom and purpose!
In addition to conventional talk therapy for children, adolescents and adults, we offer ecotherapy (nature-based therapy outdoors), play therapy and sandtray therapy.
A genuine, trusting relationship is the essential basis for psychological healing and growth. Within that framework, we incorporate the tools and strategies for change that seem most suited to each individual's preferences, worldview and primary concerns. We believe in partnering with individuals by combining our training in evidence-based interventions with the strengths and resources they possess to best facilitate change. We believe in addressing all areas of a person's life: emotional, physical, social, and spiritual.
In addition to conventional talk therapy for children, adolescents and adults, we offer ecotherapy (nature-based therapy outdoors), play therapy and sandtray therapy.
A genuine, trusting relationship is the essential basis for psychological healing and growth. Within that framework, we incorporate the tools and strategies for change that seem most suited to each individual's preferences, worldview and primary concerns. We believe in partnering with individuals by combining our training in evidence-based interventions with the strengths and resources they possess to best facilitate change. We believe in addressing all areas of a person's life: emotional, physical, social, and spiritual.
My personal view and foundation of practices stems from theorist Erik Erikson who stated, “There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new hope and a new responsibility for all.
I began my career in Education after earning a Bachelor’s degree in Instructional and Curriculum Leadership from the University of Memphis. After teaching experiences in Early Childhood Education, I earned my Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Troy University. I bring to the table a wide variety of experiences in private practice, residential treatment, inpatient hospitalization, and school-based behavioral health services.
My personal view and foundation of practices stems from theorist Erik Erikson who stated, “There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new hope and a new responsibility for all.
I began my career in Education after earning a Bachelor’s degree in Instructional and Curriculum Leadership from the University of Memphis. After teaching experiences in Early Childhood Education, I earned my Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Troy University. I bring to the table a wide variety of experiences in private practice, residential treatment, inpatient hospitalization, and school-based behavioral health services.
"The secret of CHANGE is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new."-Socrates. I provide therapy services for children, adolescents, and adults who are experiencing life difficulties, providing a professional, safe environment for those seeking understanding, answers, resolution, and improving quality of life. My clinical experience includes various settings: community mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse residential treatment, foster care, crisis intervention, in-home services.
"The secret of CHANGE is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new."-Socrates. I provide therapy services for children, adolescents, and adults who are experiencing life difficulties, providing a professional, safe environment for those seeking understanding, answers, resolution, and improving quality of life. My clinical experience includes various settings: community mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse residential treatment, foster care, crisis intervention, in-home services.
Play Therapy Center of Oxford, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EdS, RPT-S
Verified Verified
Memphis, TN 38103
Play therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic approach used with children under age 12 by a trained play therapist.
I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of practice settings over the past 20 years. My primary area of interest and training is working with children under the age of 10 dealing with issues of anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, autism, developmental delay, divorce, grief, medical issues, behavioral problems, and more. I believe children have limitless potential for growth and they have an innate capacity for resiliency. I also believe that parents and primary caregivers play a critical role in a child's recovery and a joint approach to working with children is essential to healing.
Play therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic approach used with children under age 12 by a trained play therapist.
I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of practice settings over the past 20 years. My primary area of interest and training is working with children under the age of 10 dealing with issues of anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, autism, developmental delay, divorce, grief, medical issues, behavioral problems, and more. I believe children have limitless potential for growth and they have an innate capacity for resiliency. I also believe that parents and primary caregivers play a critical role in a child's recovery and a joint approach to working with children is essential to healing.
I have been fortunate to work with many unique children and adolescents, including many on the autistic spectrum and those with depression and/or anxiety.
Young people present unique challenges, but also unique opportunities. After almost 30 years experience working with this population, there aren't many situations I haven't encountered. There is always reason for hope. What your therapist expects influences the outcomes. As a behavioral optimist, I approach clients I work with believing that no one wants to be miserable. We all want to reach our potential, as children, adolescents, parents, families, members of a community. Every living, breathing person, whatever their age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or place in life, is capable of change. That is a firm belief of mine.
I have been fortunate to work with many unique children and adolescents, including many on the autistic spectrum and those with depression and/or anxiety.
Young people present unique challenges, but also unique opportunities. After almost 30 years experience working with this population, there aren't many situations I haven't encountered. There is always reason for hope. What your therapist expects influences the outcomes. As a behavioral optimist, I approach clients I work with believing that no one wants to be miserable. We all want to reach our potential, as children, adolescents, parents, families, members of a community. Every living, breathing person, whatever their age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or place in life, is capable of change. That is a firm belief of mine.
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Dr. Marlo Zarzaur Counseling & Consulting
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
Memphis, TN 38111
If you are a parent looking for a seasoned therapist to work with your child and to support you through this process, I invite you to contact me through my website www.
I specialize in working with children and adolescents ages 2-17 years old who are struggling with emotional and behavioral issues at home or school. It has been my honor for the past 28 years to work as a clinician with children and their parents as they navigate life.
If you are a parent looking for a seasoned therapist to work with your child and to support you through this process, I invite you to contact me through my website www.
I specialize in working with children and adolescents ages 2-17 years old who are struggling with emotional and behavioral issues at home or school. It has been my honor for the past 28 years to work as a clinician with children and their parents as they navigate life.
I have been working with children and teens for many years as a former teacher.
I believe one of the bravest things you can do is begin to understand your OWN story! You deserve to live a life that leaves you excited to wake up every morning. You want to connect with someone who is real and can empathize with your experience. I am as real as they get! The first step, making a call to a therapist, can be the most difficult step of the entire process. Take a moment and a few deep breaths and call to see how I can help. Life is too short to be weighed down with stress, anxiety, or trauma from past experiences. You deserve to be free of emotional worries and able to create a life worth living.
I have been working with children and teens for many years as a former teacher.
I believe one of the bravest things you can do is begin to understand your OWN story! You deserve to live a life that leaves you excited to wake up every morning. You want to connect with someone who is real and can empathize with your experience. I am as real as they get! The first step, making a call to a therapist, can be the most difficult step of the entire process. Take a moment and a few deep breaths and call to see how I can help. Life is too short to be weighed down with stress, anxiety, or trauma from past experiences. You deserve to be free of emotional worries and able to create a life worth living.
I primarily utilize Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which is an evidence-based approach to behavior therapy that uses a parent-coaching model.
Hello! If you are a parent of a "behaviorally challenged" kiddo, then I am glad you found me! I work with parents who have tried everything and still have trouble successfully managing their children's defiant or noncompliant behavior. My clients display aggression, tantrums, impulsivity, social skills difficulties, anxiety, and everything in between. I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental, and solutions-oriented style to help parents navigate these challenges.
I primarily utilize Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which is an evidence-based approach to behavior therapy that uses a parent-coaching model.
Hello! If you are a parent of a "behaviorally challenged" kiddo, then I am glad you found me! I work with parents who have tried everything and still have trouble successfully managing their children's defiant or noncompliant behavior. My clients display aggression, tantrums, impulsivity, social skills difficulties, anxiety, and everything in between. I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental, and solutions-oriented style to help parents navigate these challenges.
Collaborative Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, RPT-S, MAMFTC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Memphis, TN 37501
Waitlist for new clients
I specialize with things like: communication, attachment concerns/relationship anxiety, child therapy, parent coaching, and couples counseling.
Hello! It's a joy for me to come alongside those courageous enough to ask for help. Sometimes it's embarrassing to ask questions about what’s normal and what isn't -i.e., "Am I a bad parent because my child doesn't listen?" or "Is something wrong with me because my relationships keep failing?" I work to provide an open environment for my clients to both process these questions and find solutions. My ideal client values both their personal and loved ones’ mental health. It's an honor to come alongside adults and children with painful histories and increase healthy options for your future.
I specialize with things like: communication, attachment concerns/relationship anxiety, child therapy, parent coaching, and couples counseling.
Hello! It's a joy for me to come alongside those courageous enough to ask for help. Sometimes it's embarrassing to ask questions about what’s normal and what isn't -i.e., "Am I a bad parent because my child doesn't listen?" or "Is something wrong with me because my relationships keep failing?" I work to provide an open environment for my clients to both process these questions and find solutions. My ideal client values both their personal and loved ones’ mental health. It's an honor to come alongside adults and children with painful histories and increase healthy options for your future.
Germantown Behavioral Solutions
Licensed Professional Counselor, BA, LPC
Verified Verified
Online Only
Germantown Behavioral Solutions (GBS) is an outpatient practice of mental health providers and behavior analysts who serve children, adolescents, families and adults through a variety of personally tailored services and therapies.
Germantown Behavioral Solutions (GBS) is an outpatient practice of mental health providers and behavior analysts who serve children, adolescents, families and adults through a variety of personally tailored services and therapies.
I understand reaching out for help takes courage and bravery. In my practice, I hope to create a safe and empathetic space for all struggling with life’s challenges. I am passionate about helping clients reach balance in life after difficult events. I have 7 years experience providing therapy to adults and children who have experienced traumatic experiences.
I understand reaching out for help takes courage and bravery. In my practice, I hope to create a safe and empathetic space for all struggling with life’s challenges. I am passionate about helping clients reach balance in life after difficult events. I have 7 years experience providing therapy to adults and children who have experienced traumatic experiences.
New Directions Counseling Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
At New Directions Counseling Center our focus is to create a therapeutic environment for children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples to explore new directions and create positive changes in their lives. We believe in identifying and utilizing personal strengths in order to overcome obstacles and develop emotional, behavioral, and physical well-being.
At New Directions Counseling Center our focus is to create a therapeutic environment for children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples to explore new directions and create positive changes in their lives. We believe in identifying and utilizing personal strengths in order to overcome obstacles and develop emotional, behavioral, and physical well-being.
I am a double graduate of Prairie View A&M University and I have dedicated my career to servicing children and families in the Memphis area since 2017.
The ideal client is motivated for session and treatment and willing to confront their issues and dismantle negative attitudes that is disrupting their self-esteem, relationships, mental health, etc.
I am a double graduate of Prairie View A&M University and I have dedicated my career to servicing children and families in the Memphis area since 2017.
The ideal client is motivated for session and treatment and willing to confront their issues and dismantle negative attitudes that is disrupting their self-esteem, relationships, mental health, etc.
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Child psychologists in Memphis, TN provide mental health therapy to children and are experts in child development.
Every comprehensive review of therapy with children shows that all credible approaches, when performed by a competent mental health clinician, produce almost the same results. About half of all kids will get better. Of those that improve, 80% will show progress in a relatively short time, while the remaining 20% will need longer-term support.
The best child therapists in Memphis build great relationships with the child and the parent. They also see the child's strengths and are open to hearing the child's possible solutions to the challenges the child faces. Finally, a good therapist appreciates the child's culture and is sensitive to the values of the child's community.
Every comprehensive review of therapy with children shows that all credible approaches, when performed by a competent mental health clinician, produce almost the same results. About half of all kids will get better. Of those that improve, 80% will show progress in a relatively short time, while the remaining 20% will need longer-term support.
The best child therapists in Memphis build great relationships with the child and the parent. They also see the child's strengths and are open to hearing the child's possible solutions to the challenges the child faces. Finally, a good therapist appreciates the child's culture and is sensitive to the values of the child's community.