Adoption Therapists in Payson, UT

Sunray Family Counseling has over 10 years of experience in creating a safe space where children, youth and adults can receive quality and specialized care. We offer individual, family and couples counseling. Our team of therapist come from various backgrounds but also share in offering experiential and modality-based care. Our center holds the belief that people have inherent worth and value. We strive to assist clients in finding and connecting with their authentic selves and to better their lives on many planes.

Elizabeth is compassionately committed to working with clients suffering from a broad spectrum of differing types of mental health issues. She emphasizes improving client self-awareness and growing the capacity to enhance relationships with others. Elizabeth strives to cultivate a strong healthy working relationship with her clients employing mutual respect, authenticity, acceptance, and genuineness. She believes the the therapeutic process is relationships centered.

The clients I see are familiar with pain. They want life and/or relationships to be better. They often seek understanding of themselves and respond affirmatively to guidance, empathy, and support. They come to improve the way they see and treat themselves. They come to find and/or restore their inner resilience. They want to increase coping skills, develop self-compassion and courage, and enhance their interpersonal skill and confidence.

I am committed to helping my clients increase self-awareness, strengthen relationships, reduce anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms, and live a more value-directed life. I want to help you feel emotionally lighter, happier, and more confident. I want to help you reach your goals and become your best self.

I graduated from Brigham Young University with a Masters of Education in School Psychology in 1994 and with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2003. As part of that training, I completed a doctoral level internship in clinical child psychology at Primary Children's Hospital. Since then, I have worked in a variety of settings, specializing in child psychology. The majority of my clinical experience has been in working with children who have been traumatized, but I feel comfortable treating the entire range of childhood psychiatric disorders. Overall, I have been working with emotionally/behaviorally challenged children for over 25 years.

Kylie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and is Zest for Life Counseling’s Executive Director. Kylie completed a Masters in Social Work with Utah Valley University and is currently completing a doctor of social work degree with an emphasis in advanced clinical practice with the University of Kentucky. Kylie has spent majority of her professional career working with children, adolescents, and adults who struggle with emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, self-harm, sexuality, postnatal mood disorders and insecure attachment within the family unit.

Welcome! I’m a licensed clinical social worker with experience in Juvenile Justice Services, Women’s Leadership, Special Education, and Foster Care. I now own and operate Evergreen Family Services as of April 2022 where I focus on trauma and attachment. The clients best served at Evergreen are: Children/teens experiencing concerns with anxiety, depression, grief, and other behavioral concerns or those needing support in understanding and processing past trauma. Children/teens ready to learn skills in emotion identification, coping skills, regulation, communication, social skills, and self esteem.

I offer counseling for individuals and couples. Relationships and behavioral issues are my specialties. I have specialized training in working with couples as well as with individuals with Autism and ADHD. I use a variety of types of therapy to help my clients achieve their goals. Among my years of experience, I have also treated grief, aging, and caregiver burnout. I am a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and work with court-ordered high-conflict divorce and custody cases, providing reunification therapy, coparenting therapy, and safe harbor therapy.

I’m glad you are here! Mental health matters, and sometimes we need help and support to get us to where we want to be. My goal is to help you feel safe, seen, heard, valued and important. Your healing journey matters, and I would love to help you along the way. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, family struggles, trust difficulties or the effects of trauma, I’m here to help. We can work together to decide what treatment will be most helpful for you, and we can adapt along the way. You deserve to find relief, hope and healing!

Does your teen need a safe place to process their feelings? Learn important self-regulating skills? Bond with their peers? Improve their confidence and create a deeper attachment with you, their parental figure? Teen Art Group (TAG) provides an affordable, weekly way for teenagers to express their creativity and improve their mental health by processing with a licensed mental health professional. This group is the perfect place for teens who are struggling with depression, anxiety, self-confidence, relationships in families, school work, suicidal thoughts, forming friendships, etc. And the first group is always free!