Toddler Therapists in Norwich, VT
Kathleen Dolan
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, AT, LCMHC
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
I encourage clients to make the courageous attempt to engage in a therapuetic relationship working towards a more comfortable state of inner health and happiness. My goal is to provide a client with a supportive relational environment to safely express their needs and concerns, become involved in productive self reflection, clarify difficulties, set attainable goals and manage challenges including issues of anxiety, depression, low self esteem, family problems, relational problems, school problems, parenting problems, spirituality and other general life or developmental issues. Exploring past events and relationships as they inform current relationships, perspectives and situations of clients is often helpful.
I encourage clients to make the courageous attempt to engage in a therapuetic relationship working towards a more comfortable state of inner health and happiness. My goal is to provide a client with a supportive relational environment to safely express their needs and concerns, become involved in productive self reflection, clarify difficulties, set attainable goals and manage challenges including issues of anxiety, depression, low self esteem, family problems, relational problems, school problems, parenting problems, spirituality and other general life or developmental issues. Exploring past events and relationships as they inform current relationships, perspectives and situations of clients is often helpful.
Dr. Gregory Wilson offers affordable counseling for individuals, families, couples, and children. He has thirty years' experience, including working with codependency, anxiety and depression, and intimacy and communication issues. The focus is based on this question,” What needs to change to get you going where you want to go?, and what is gong on that the change has yet to happen? “The more the drive toward life is thwarted, the stronger is the drive toward destruction; the more life is realized, the less is the strength of destructiveness. Destructiveness is the outcome of unlived life.”
Dr. Gregory Wilson offers affordable counseling for individuals, families, couples, and children. He has thirty years' experience, including working with codependency, anxiety and depression, and intimacy and communication issues. The focus is based on this question,” What needs to change to get you going where you want to go?, and what is gong on that the change has yet to happen? “The more the drive toward life is thwarted, the stronger is the drive toward destruction; the more life is realized, the less is the strength of destructiveness. Destructiveness is the outcome of unlived life.”
Are you looking for compassionate care to help you or a loved one navigate difficult emotions, experiences, or life transitions?
At Hanover CBT, our group private practice is home to clinicians who specialize in supporting individuals across the lifespan through a wide range of mental health struggles. We are committed to helping clients cultivate awareness, wisdom, and courage in every area of life—meeting each person with compassion, integrity, and presence. We believe it is brave to ask for support, and we work with clients to develop strength-based practices and approaches for coping with challenges.
Are you looking for compassionate care to help you or a loved one navigate difficult emotions, experiences, or life transitions?
At Hanover CBT, our group private practice is home to clinicians who specialize in supporting individuals across the lifespan through a wide range of mental health struggles. We are committed to helping clients cultivate awareness, wisdom, and courage in every area of life—meeting each person with compassion, integrity, and presence. We believe it is brave to ask for support, and we work with clients to develop strength-based practices and approaches for coping with challenges.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel. Life happens, so it helps to have someone who will really listen, without judgement. When you ventilate what you are going through, you feel lighter, soften around places that were hurt, and find a way back to your true self. Therapy helps you come to deeply know and understand yourself, reclaiming self-worth and trust in your inner compass; while increasing coping skills for managing life, emotions and relationships.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. Life happens, so it helps to have someone who will really listen, without judgement. When you ventilate what you are going through, you feel lighter, soften around places that were hurt, and find a way back to your true self. Therapy helps you come to deeply know and understand yourself, reclaiming self-worth and trust in your inner compass; while increasing coping skills for managing life, emotions and relationships.
My approach is grounded in the belief that each person carries an inner compass guiding them toward wholeness—even in the midst of confusion, grief, or overwhelm. In therapy, I work relationally, attending to how attachment, culture, and nervous system states shape our experience. My style is warm, relational, attuned, and down-to-earth, offering curiosity, creativity, and gentle challenge when helpful. I draw from depth psychology/Jungian frameworks, ACT & mindfulness, EMDR, polyvagal theory, expressive arts, somatic awareness, and embodied dreamwork.
My approach is grounded in the belief that each person carries an inner compass guiding them toward wholeness—even in the midst of confusion, grief, or overwhelm. In therapy, I work relationally, attending to how attachment, culture, and nervous system states shape our experience. My style is warm, relational, attuned, and down-to-earth, offering curiosity, creativity, and gentle challenge when helpful. I draw from depth psychology/Jungian frameworks, ACT & mindfulness, EMDR, polyvagal theory, expressive arts, somatic awareness, and embodied dreamwork.
Tia Winter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
White River Junction, VT 05001
Waitlist for new clients
My particular interests are with infants, children, adolescents, and families. I specialize in working with trauma and attachment disorders as well as parenting skills. I also help with anxiety, depression, OCD, oppositional defiant disorder, and issues related to divorce. When working with parents and families, I focus on positive discipline techniques, and have been trained in child-parent psychotherapy (CPP), the attachment, self-regulation, and competence (ARC) model, Parent Management Training (PMT), and Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC).
My particular interests are with infants, children, adolescents, and families. I specialize in working with trauma and attachment disorders as well as parenting skills. I also help with anxiety, depression, OCD, oppositional defiant disorder, and issues related to divorce. When working with parents and families, I focus on positive discipline techniques, and have been trained in child-parent psychotherapy (CPP), the attachment, self-regulation, and competence (ARC) model, Parent Management Training (PMT), and Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC).
My approach is eclectic and meets the individual needs of the adults and children I serve. A strong therapeutic relationship is key for effective therapy. As guide, witness and psycho-educator I help you clarify your thoughts, feelings and experiences. In this way your struggles become opportunties to develop strength and confidence to move forward.
My approach is eclectic and meets the individual needs of the adults and children I serve. A strong therapeutic relationship is key for effective therapy. As guide, witness and psycho-educator I help you clarify your thoughts, feelings and experiences. In this way your struggles become opportunties to develop strength and confidence to move forward.
I am here to support you as you navigate your way through life, whether it is to solidify a balance or to work through challenges. If you are struggling to make sense of how to be a less stressed parent in today's world, I can help you work through your own triggers and find solutions that are cooperative and confident. If your child needs help communicating their inner world, then play therapy will help them do so in a developmentally nurturing way. If you are an adult who needs to find confidence in their own thoughts, beliefs, and guidance, then our work together can free you of what is holding you back.
I am here to support you as you navigate your way through life, whether it is to solidify a balance or to work through challenges. If you are struggling to make sense of how to be a less stressed parent in today's world, I can help you work through your own triggers and find solutions that are cooperative and confident. If your child needs help communicating their inner world, then play therapy will help them do so in a developmentally nurturing way. If you are an adult who needs to find confidence in their own thoughts, beliefs, and guidance, then our work together can free you of what is holding you back.
Family and individual development has been a central theme in my work since beginning a social work career in 1967. For many years, I practiced within an agency. A focus on how best to support families coping with challenges after adoption characterized my last agency years. Since 1998, I have had a private counseling practice: Adoption Conversations. In 2013, I joined with two former colleagues to open Dothan Brook Associates on Route 5 in Wilder, VT. My counseling work is now generalized to helping children, adolescents, adults, and families seeking to understand themselves and improve their relationships or their functioning.
Family and individual development has been a central theme in my work since beginning a social work career in 1967. For many years, I practiced within an agency. A focus on how best to support families coping with challenges after adoption characterized my last agency years. Since 1998, I have had a private counseling practice: Adoption Conversations. In 2013, I joined with two former colleagues to open Dothan Brook Associates on Route 5 in Wilder, VT. My counseling work is now generalized to helping children, adolescents, adults, and families seeking to understand themselves and improve their relationships or their functioning.
This is your life. Are you who you want to be? Do you ever get glimpses of the person you want to be but feel stuck in a moment, failure, struggle, experience, or belief you can’t get out of? I am passionate about helping people get unstuck and move towards the discovery of becoming who they want to be. I strive to help clients experience freedom, discover their strengths, and to be able to progress towards their maximum potential. You may have to step over muddy waters and journey through rugged terrain, but transformation is possible. Emotions 101 group class is also available. Please scroll to bottom of page learn more.
This is your life. Are you who you want to be? Do you ever get glimpses of the person you want to be but feel stuck in a moment, failure, struggle, experience, or belief you can’t get out of? I am passionate about helping people get unstuck and move towards the discovery of becoming who they want to be. I strive to help clients experience freedom, discover their strengths, and to be able to progress towards their maximum potential. You may have to step over muddy waters and journey through rugged terrain, but transformation is possible. Emotions 101 group class is also available. Please scroll to bottom of page learn more.
Heather Wilcoxon
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
1 Endorsed
White River Junction, VT 05001
Not accepting new clients
I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and trauma in children, adolescents, and adults. I work to look under the surface and get to the root cause that is contributing to the symptoms keeping my clients stuck from living a fulfilling life. We will work together to understand what is happening in your brain and body, work through current and past stressors that are contributing to your current symptoms, and develop coping strategies to be able to better manage stressors.
I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and trauma in children, adolescents, and adults. I work to look under the surface and get to the root cause that is contributing to the symptoms keeping my clients stuck from living a fulfilling life. We will work together to understand what is happening in your brain and body, work through current and past stressors that are contributing to your current symptoms, and develop coping strategies to be able to better manage stressors.
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Life difficulties come in many forms, and our nervous systems can go into overdrive as we attempt to adapt. This can cause long-standing patterns in the mind and body. We may feel out of touch with who we are, or like we are repeating patterns of fight, flight, or freeze. If you are looking for less analysis and words, and are interested in working directly with your body through your felt experience, this may be a good fit for you. Using curiosity and building capacity, we'll find places where you are stuck, and create long-term pathways to feeling more embodied and free.
Life difficulties come in many forms, and our nervous systems can go into overdrive as we attempt to adapt. This can cause long-standing patterns in the mind and body. We may feel out of touch with who we are, or like we are repeating patterns of fight, flight, or freeze. If you are looking for less analysis and words, and are interested in working directly with your body through your felt experience, this may be a good fit for you. Using curiosity and building capacity, we'll find places where you are stuck, and create long-term pathways to feeling more embodied and free.
I work primarily with children aged 6+ who have experienced trauma, and adults who care for them as parents and/or professionals.
The children I see are often navigating complex dynamics at home and/or school, and experiencing difficulty with issues such as self-regulation, anger, and anxiety. Adults often report struggles self-regulation, creative motivation and professional burn-out.
"(My child) woke up at 6 am the last time he talked to you because he was so excited to chat! He is not typically an early riser so it’s quite the compliment!" (Parent)
I work primarily with children aged 6+ who have experienced trauma, and adults who care for them as parents and/or professionals.
The children I see are often navigating complex dynamics at home and/or school, and experiencing difficulty with issues such as self-regulation, anger, and anxiety. Adults often report struggles self-regulation, creative motivation and professional burn-out.
"(My child) woke up at 6 am the last time he talked to you because he was so excited to chat! He is not typically an early riser so it’s quite the compliment!" (Parent)
I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.
I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.
Navigating today's world is not easy, and it takes courage to ask for help. I believe in meeting people where they are and providing them with a virtual space to be their authentic selves. Figuring out who we are is a lifelong journey, and I am here to support you along the way.
Navigating today's world is not easy, and it takes courage to ask for help. I believe in meeting people where they are and providing them with a virtual space to be their authentic selves. Figuring out who we are is a lifelong journey, and I am here to support you along the way.
Psychoanalytic work is an intensive therapy that focuses on increasing self-understanding and a sense of personal freedom. It is very helpful for anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, trauma and managing grief around life transitions. I have also trained as an end-of-life doula and offer grief support groups and trainings.
Psychoanalytic work is an intensive therapy that focuses on increasing self-understanding and a sense of personal freedom. It is very helpful for anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, trauma and managing grief around life transitions. I have also trained as an end-of-life doula and offer grief support groups and trainings.
If you’re having trouble finding a therapist with openings, OpenGate Vermont can help. We have several counselors currently accepting new clients, and our Clinical Director, Kathleen Landry, can guide you in finding the right match. OpenGate supports pre-licensed clinicians on their path to independent practice, offering clients compassionate care with strong supervision. We also have a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) supervisor who sees clients directly. Visit our website to learn more about our team and services, or reach out today to get started.
If you’re having trouble finding a therapist with openings, OpenGate Vermont can help. We have several counselors currently accepting new clients, and our Clinical Director, Kathleen Landry, can guide you in finding the right match. OpenGate supports pre-licensed clinicians on their path to independent practice, offering clients compassionate care with strong supervision. We also have a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) supervisor who sees clients directly. Visit our website to learn more about our team and services, or reach out today to get started.
My role in the scope of my practice is being a guide providing a safe, empathetic, and no judgement space for us to work together as we find the right path for you to follow. I believe in a balanced life style connecting the mind with the body while making sure your basic needs are met. I find working together on issues related to trauma, abandonment, attachment, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and transitioning from one life experience to the next, very rewarding. I have experience with children, families, youth, teenagers, adults and the aging population.
My role in the scope of my practice is being a guide providing a safe, empathetic, and no judgement space for us to work together as we find the right path for you to follow. I believe in a balanced life style connecting the mind with the body while making sure your basic needs are met. I find working together on issues related to trauma, abandonment, attachment, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and transitioning from one life experience to the next, very rewarding. I have experience with children, families, youth, teenagers, adults and the aging population.
Welcome to Hobbyhorse Counseling, LLC! My practice focuses on treating children and families that have experienced trauma, as well as working with those who experience trauma due to being marginalized by our society. I believe in focusing on strengths, spending time engaged in play, and building a team of supports to help achieve goals.
Welcome to Hobbyhorse Counseling, LLC! My practice focuses on treating children and families that have experienced trauma, as well as working with those who experience trauma due to being marginalized by our society. I believe in focusing on strengths, spending time engaged in play, and building a team of supports to help achieve goals.
Vitality Counseling and Training has immediate openings, both in person in Barre and virtually. We are a group of mental health providers that use a variety of modalities to meet the needs of the individual or family we are working with. We strive to provide the best quality of care in a collaborative and supportive manner. As a group, we are fun, caring, and compassionate and want to see every individual and family feel their full vitality (feeling healthy, capable, and energetic while having a true sense that their life has meaning and purpose).
Vitality Counseling and Training has immediate openings, both in person in Barre and virtually. We are a group of mental health providers that use a variety of modalities to meet the needs of the individual or family we are working with. We strive to provide the best quality of care in a collaborative and supportive manner. As a group, we are fun, caring, and compassionate and want to see every individual and family feel their full vitality (feeling healthy, capable, and energetic while having a true sense that their life has meaning and purpose).
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What are the behavioral signs indicating a toddler might need counseling?
Common behavioral signs that a child may need counseling include high levels of emotional distress or anxiety, learning challenges, interpersonal conflict, anger, or social withdrawal. Any drastic changes in toddler behavior or self-esteem can be indicative that a child may benefit from therapy. Seeing a therapist at the early stages of any behavioral changes can be most impactful on behavior, as well as helpful to caregivers who may receive guidance on what symptoms to look for in their child in the future, even if therapy is not warranted at that time.
Can a two-year-old see a psychologist?
Children and adults of all ages can see psychologists and other forms of mental health professionals, such as counselors, psychiatrists, and social workers. Families seeking therapy for their toddler should just be aware that any guidance they seek should come from a professional who has specific experience working with young children, as well as the specific modalities that are appropriate for young children, such as play therapy.
What is the most effective type of therapy for toddlers and preschoolers?
In general, play therapy is the most effective and common form of therapy for young children. Play therapy helps facilitate behavior change by offering an age-appropriate way for children to express their emotions and develop more effective coping strategies. Toddlers with specific concerns may benefit from more specialized forms of therapy, such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for children with autism or Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for toddlers in families in which there is significant parent-child relational conflict.
What happens during therapy sessions for toddlers?
What occurs in therapy sessions for toddlers depends on the therapeutic approach being used by the therapist. Most toddler therapists will use some form of play therapy in sessions to encourage toddler engagement. In play therapy sessions, children are encouraged to use toys within the therapy setting to express their emotions; subsequent responses by the therapist and/or family members can help guide toddler behavior and behavior change. Toddler therapy sessions can also involve family therapy or Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which can help improve parenting behaviors and reduce strain on families.