Play Therapy in Battle Ground, WA
I have been practicing for two years and I hold a master's degree in social work with an additional two years of practicum. My approach is informal as in alignment with my PNW cultural upbringing. I work collaboratively with my clients informed by emotion-focused therapy to inform changes. I use person-centered, evidence-based therapies in all of my treatments. One of the most profound things I've learned as a mental health professional is that failure is required to achieve true success.
I have been practicing for two years and I hold a master's degree in social work with an additional two years of practicum. My approach is informal as in alignment with my PNW cultural upbringing. I work collaboratively with my clients informed by emotion-focused therapy to inform changes. I use person-centered, evidence-based therapies in all of my treatments. One of the most profound things I've learned as a mental health professional is that failure is required to achieve true success.
The focus of The Playground is to serve teens and young adults with a variety of mental health concerns. Our primary focus is working with athletes and other high performers, but we also work with families, adults and clients that deal with medical issues or chronic pain. I work with people that have family members with mental health issues. We want our clients to feel heard and gain the skills to make a change and re-enter their life with confidence, skills and a sense of self-control.
The focus of The Playground is to serve teens and young adults with a variety of mental health concerns. Our primary focus is working with athletes and other high performers, but we also work with families, adults and clients that deal with medical issues or chronic pain. I work with people that have family members with mental health issues. We want our clients to feel heard and gain the skills to make a change and re-enter their life with confidence, skills and a sense of self-control.
These include play-based strategies, sand tray therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques.
Hello! I am a licensed mental health counselor based in Washington, offering both in-person counseling in Camas, WA, and virtual sessions across Washington and Oregon. With over five years of experience, I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families. I am passionate about providing a supportive, non-judgmental space where clients feel heard and empowered.
These include play-based strategies, sand tray therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques.
Hello! I am a licensed mental health counselor based in Washington, offering both in-person counseling in Camas, WA, and virtual sessions across Washington and Oregon. With over five years of experience, I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families. I am passionate about providing a supportive, non-judgmental space where clients feel heard and empowered.
Hi, I am glad you are here. It is an honor to walk this journey with you in becoming your most authentic self. This significant step you are undertaking may initially feel overwhelming, but please know that we will progress at your own pace. Your well-being and healing are my utmost priority.
Mental health profoundly influences every aspect of our lives, and I have personally witnessed the transformative power of having someone accompany you during the healing process. I am committed to providing unwavering support and encouragement as you embark on this transformative journey.
Hi, I am glad you are here. It is an honor to walk this journey with you in becoming your most authentic self. This significant step you are undertaking may initially feel overwhelming, but please know that we will progress at your own pace. Your well-being and healing are my utmost priority.
Mental health profoundly influences every aspect of our lives, and I have personally witnessed the transformative power of having someone accompany you during the healing process. I am committed to providing unwavering support and encouragement as you embark on this transformative journey.
As both an entrepreneur and clinician, I maintain a caseload of in-person and telehealth clients while training clinicians and managing a multi-state mental health practice. I’ve worked with diverse clients and challenges, with a current focus on women navigating transitions, anxiety, depression, perinatal/postpartum issues, and OCD; children and teens facing emotional, social, or developmental stress; and families—including LDS couples—seeking support. My background includes medical family therapy and collaborative pediatric diagnostics.
As both an entrepreneur and clinician, I maintain a caseload of in-person and telehealth clients while training clinicians and managing a multi-state mental health practice. I’ve worked with diverse clients and challenges, with a current focus on women navigating transitions, anxiety, depression, perinatal/postpartum issues, and OCD; children and teens facing emotional, social, or developmental stress; and families—including LDS couples—seeking support. My background includes medical family therapy and collaborative pediatric diagnostics.
If you are looking for help in overcoming a mental, emotional, spiritual, or relational distress, you have come to the right place. Our team of highly trained and spiritually-minded specialists offer a variety of options for allying with you on your journey. Regardless of your background; who you are, what you've done, or what's been done to you, we desire to provide a safe space for you to process where you've been, where you are, and where you desire to go. We have witnessed many clients have tremendous success in achieving their goals and experiencing growth and healing through counseling.
If you are looking for help in overcoming a mental, emotional, spiritual, or relational distress, you have come to the right place. Our team of highly trained and spiritually-minded specialists offer a variety of options for allying with you on your journey. Regardless of your background; who you are, what you've done, or what's been done to you, we desire to provide a safe space for you to process where you've been, where you are, and where you desire to go. We have witnessed many clients have tremendous success in achieving their goals and experiencing growth and healing through counseling.
Visit our website to schedule a free consultation! I provide counseling & med management to individuals & families. Everyone experiences significant anxiety, sadness or emotional distress at some point in their lives, and most people have experienced some sort of traumatic event in their past. Seeking support during times when life feels overwhelming can help you build awareness of yourself, your personal needs and how to manage stress without destructive behaviors and thoughts. My tailored, trauma-informed and evidence-based therapy will help you navigate your unique struggles and reach your personal goals.
Visit our website to schedule a free consultation! I provide counseling & med management to individuals & families. Everyone experiences significant anxiety, sadness or emotional distress at some point in their lives, and most people have experienced some sort of traumatic event in their past. Seeking support during times when life feels overwhelming can help you build awareness of yourself, your personal needs and how to manage stress without destructive behaviors and thoughts. My tailored, trauma-informed and evidence-based therapy will help you navigate your unique struggles and reach your personal goals.
You’ve seen enough videos, listened to enough podcasts, and read enough articles to know what you should do to fix your problems. Yet, you always seem to find yourself back in the same patterns you wanted out of. Whether it’s porn, substance use, procrastination, stress, or anger, you can’t shake the feeling that you're stuck with them. You may have even started to wonder if change is possible. Often, we feel this way because we are so focused on the symptoms, that we cannot address the deeper pain that is causing them.
You’ve seen enough videos, listened to enough podcasts, and read enough articles to know what you should do to fix your problems. Yet, you always seem to find yourself back in the same patterns you wanted out of. Whether it’s porn, substance use, procrastination, stress, or anger, you can’t shake the feeling that you're stuck with them. You may have even started to wonder if change is possible. Often, we feel this way because we are so focused on the symptoms, that we cannot address the deeper pain that is causing them.
I have received additional training in expressive therapies including play therapy and sand tray therapy.
Well-being and wholeness come through living an integrated life. I have over 10 years of experience helping people work toward mental, emotional and relational health by offering compassion and working collaboratively to help individuals discover and use their own personal strengths, skills and resources to help cope with the problems they are experiencing.
I have received additional training in expressive therapies including play therapy and sand tray therapy.
Well-being and wholeness come through living an integrated life. I have over 10 years of experience helping people work toward mental, emotional and relational health by offering compassion and working collaboratively to help individuals discover and use their own personal strengths, skills and resources to help cope with the problems they are experiencing.
I am also trained in Sand Tray Therapy and Play therapy.
I have been working in mental health for 15 years I enjoy working with kids starting from the age of 7 years of age up to 18 yrs of age who are struggling with fitting in, school difficulties, ADHD, Depression, Autism spectrum disorder, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder and adjustment disorders. I also enjoy working with adults who struggle with life changing events, PTSD, depression and anxiety. It has been my experience that many of the difficulties listed above involve more than just the individual. Many times, they encompass a partner and or family system. I am qualified and trained to work with couples and families.
I am also trained in Sand Tray Therapy and Play therapy.
I have been working in mental health for 15 years I enjoy working with kids starting from the age of 7 years of age up to 18 yrs of age who are struggling with fitting in, school difficulties, ADHD, Depression, Autism spectrum disorder, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder and adjustment disorders. I also enjoy working with adults who struggle with life changing events, PTSD, depression and anxiety. It has been my experience that many of the difficulties listed above involve more than just the individual. Many times, they encompass a partner and or family system. I am qualified and trained to work with couples and families.
I draw on somatic, play, art, sand, and narrative therapies, as well as TF-CBT and TBRI, to help clients heal in ways that go beyond just talking about their problems.
I work with adults and teens 16+ who have spent years doing everything right but still feel stuck in anxiety, self-doubt, people-pleasing, or burnout. Many of my clients carry trauma they have never fully addressed, or feel misunderstood because of neurodivergent wiring like ADHD or Autism. I also support parents of autistic children and helping professionals who are running on empty. I help clients move past surviving into a life that feels genuinely peaceful and their own.
I draw on somatic, play, art, sand, and narrative therapies, as well as TF-CBT and TBRI, to help clients heal in ways that go beyond just talking about their problems.
I work with adults and teens 16+ who have spent years doing everything right but still feel stuck in anxiety, self-doubt, people-pleasing, or burnout. Many of my clients carry trauma they have never fully addressed, or feel misunderstood because of neurodivergent wiring like ADHD or Autism. I also support parents of autistic children and helping professionals who are running on empty. I help clients move past surviving into a life that feels genuinely peaceful and their own.
Accepting Clients in our Vancouver & Greater Olympia WA office! Wanderlust is a group practice that offers independently licensed clinicians, conditional licensed professionals, and clinical students that treat a wide array of mental health disorders. Our staff provide individual counseling to children, adolescents and adults. We will work with you to develop a treatment plan that will address your strengths and needs. We accept most major health plans. Each counselor has their own expertise and treatment approach.
Accepting Clients in our Vancouver & Greater Olympia WA office! Wanderlust is a group practice that offers independently licensed clinicians, conditional licensed professionals, and clinical students that treat a wide array of mental health disorders. Our staff provide individual counseling to children, adolescents and adults. We will work with you to develop a treatment plan that will address your strengths and needs. We accept most major health plans. Each counselor has their own expertise and treatment approach.
My education background includes master's level courses in play, dance movement, and sand tray therapy.
Words can be hard! Finding the "right" ones or knowing where to start can be a struggle. My goal is to provide a therapeutic experience that goes beyond words. My approach to therapy is grounded in meeting people where they are, without judgment or preconceptions. I understand that every client is unique, with their own set of experiences, challenges, and strengths. I prioritize tailoring counseling sessions to meet my clients' developmental, emotional, and communication needs. Incorporating playful and creative activities into therapy can enhance the therapeutic experience and offer new avenues for self-expression and growth.
My education background includes master's level courses in play, dance movement, and sand tray therapy.
Words can be hard! Finding the "right" ones or knowing where to start can be a struggle. My goal is to provide a therapeutic experience that goes beyond words. My approach to therapy is grounded in meeting people where they are, without judgment or preconceptions. I understand that every client is unique, with their own set of experiences, challenges, and strengths. I prioritize tailoring counseling sessions to meet my clients' developmental, emotional, and communication needs. Incorporating playful and creative activities into therapy can enhance the therapeutic experience and offer new avenues for self-expression and growth.
If all paths were linear, we would have no dancing! One step forward, two steps back, now slide...right into my office - a safe, judgement-free space, and allow me to meet you right where you are. Life can be messy, overwhelming, and downright confusing at times. Whatever brought you here, you’re not alone—seeking help isn’t a sign of weakness. Through my own lived experience, I can understand how powerful the therapy process can be on both ends. My goal is to create space for you - your full, messy, beautiful self.
Bonus: no need to be perfect here - crying, venting, bad puns, and even awkward silences are all welcome.
If all paths were linear, we would have no dancing! One step forward, two steps back, now slide...right into my office - a safe, judgement-free space, and allow me to meet you right where you are. Life can be messy, overwhelming, and downright confusing at times. Whatever brought you here, you’re not alone—seeking help isn’t a sign of weakness. Through my own lived experience, I can understand how powerful the therapy process can be on both ends. My goal is to create space for you - your full, messy, beautiful self.
Bonus: no need to be perfect here - crying, venting, bad puns, and even awkward silences are all welcome.
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We meet clients wherever they are on their healing journey from young children, navigating growth and transitioning through play therapy to adolescence building personal identity to adults and couples seeking deeper fulfillment and relationship harmony.
Our collaborative training consist of using internal family systems approach, cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure, response prevention, play therapy, and art therapy
We meet clients wherever they are on their healing journey from young children, navigating growth and transitioning through play therapy to adolescence building personal identity to adults and couples seeking deeper fulfillment and relationship harmony.
Our collaborative training consist of using internal family systems approach, cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure, response prevention, play therapy, and art therapy
Hello! Welcome to therapy. I’m Madeleine. If you are seeking therapy, you may be struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, family/relationship issues, or perhaps you just need someone to talk to without fear of being judged. I use a collaborative approach and believe that you are the expert in your own life. We will work together to identify any patterns of behavior that you feel are interfering with your life, discuss the ways your family, environment, and society may be reinforcing these, and develop the skills to alter or cope with these patterns more effectively.
Hello! Welcome to therapy. I’m Madeleine. If you are seeking therapy, you may be struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, family/relationship issues, or perhaps you just need someone to talk to without fear of being judged. I use a collaborative approach and believe that you are the expert in your own life. We will work together to identify any patterns of behavior that you feel are interfering with your life, discuss the ways your family, environment, and society may be reinforcing these, and develop the skills to alter or cope with these patterns more effectively.
We offer services in specialties such as trauma related disorders, anxiety, depression, behavioral concerns, OCD, life transitions, gender identity, sexuality, self-esteem, relationship stress, play therapy etc.
Charmed Counseling offers in-person sessions at our conveniently located downtown office at 5th and Jefferson. Clients can express themselves in an indoor office or explore our play therapy space, whatever works best for you and your needs. Can’t make it in person? No problem! We offer telehealth options as well.
We offer services in specialties such as trauma related disorders, anxiety, depression, behavioral concerns, OCD, life transitions, gender identity, sexuality, self-esteem, relationship stress, play therapy etc.
Charmed Counseling offers in-person sessions at our conveniently located downtown office at 5th and Jefferson. Clients can express themselves in an indoor office or explore our play therapy space, whatever works best for you and your needs. Can’t make it in person? No problem! We offer telehealth options as well.
I use child-centered play therapy to help kids express themselves in ways that feel natural and safe.
Kids are constantly growing, changing, and learning, but sometimes big feelings get in the way. Maybe your child is struggling with anxiety, emotional outbursts, low self-esteem, or has experienced something hard—like bullying, family stress, or a recent transition. You want them to feel understood, safe, and empowered, but you’re not sure how to help.
I use child-centered play therapy to help kids express themselves in ways that feel natural and safe.
Kids are constantly growing, changing, and learning, but sometimes big feelings get in the way. Maybe your child is struggling with anxiety, emotional outbursts, low self-esteem, or has experienced something hard—like bullying, family stress, or a recent transition. You want them to feel understood, safe, and empowered, but you’re not sure how to help.
I use a variety of therapeutic tools, including but not limited to, Interpersonal Neurobiology, family of origin, play therapy, attachment theory, strengths-focused models, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic and couple's therapy practices based on the IMAGO work of Harville Hendricks.
Licensed in both Washington and Oregon. I work with individuals and couples. I am interested in evaluating the whole person within their systems including, primary attachment relationships, implicit and explicit messages that adults received as children, the stress/ disease connection, looking at maladaptive patterns established in childhood that need to be corrected to return to the authentic self. I use the work of Gabor Mate, MD and Dan Siegel, MD in my treatment of individuals and families.
I use a variety of therapeutic tools, including but not limited to, Interpersonal Neurobiology, family of origin, play therapy, attachment theory, strengths-focused models, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic and couple's therapy practices based on the IMAGO work of Harville Hendricks.
Licensed in both Washington and Oregon. I work with individuals and couples. I am interested in evaluating the whole person within their systems including, primary attachment relationships, implicit and explicit messages that adults received as children, the stress/ disease connection, looking at maladaptive patterns established in childhood that need to be corrected to return to the authentic self. I use the work of Gabor Mate, MD and Dan Siegel, MD in my treatment of individuals and families.
While we treat everything, our team brings advanced expertise in EMDR, CBT for insomnia, and play therapy for children.
Life. It can feel overwhelming when anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship struggles, or past wounds keep getting in the way. You may be a parent watching your child struggle with big feelings, a couple stuck in painful patterns, or an adult weighed down by self-doubt, grief, or memories that won’t quiet down. Our clients often come to us longing for relief, greater confidence, more meaningful connections, and a sense of peace in their daily lives.
While we treat everything, our team brings advanced expertise in EMDR, CBT for insomnia, and play therapy for children.
Life. It can feel overwhelming when anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship struggles, or past wounds keep getting in the way. You may be a parent watching your child struggle with big feelings, a couple stuck in painful patterns, or an adult weighed down by self-doubt, grief, or memories that won’t quiet down. Our clients often come to us longing for relief, greater confidence, more meaningful connections, and a sense of peace in their daily lives.
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Play Therapy
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.