Children's Services

We are so proud of our children's therapy program that we have built grounded in research and science, with a focus on building and strengthening secure attachments and meeting the needs of the whole child to make the most therapeutic progress. We offer individual pediatric therapy starting at age 2, children's therapeutic groups, parenting support and education classes, and family therapy. We take a trauma-informed and developmentally sensitive approach with all of our pediatric patients, regardless of their histories. 

Some childhood concerns and conditions we treat include the following:

• Anxiety Disorders
• Depressive Disorders
• Behavioral Disorders
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Developmental Trauma, and other trauma/stressor-related disorders
• Grief and Loss
• Attachment Disorders
• Parent-Child Relational Concerns
• Adjustment Disorders related to any major life changes or events
• And more!

Please note: We do not provide court-ordered, forensic, or custody-related services, such as custody evaluations or services for the purpose of testimony in legal proceedings. Please seek a forensic or custody evaluation specialist for these services. If there is shared custody, we must have an up-to-date copy of the formal custody agreement, as well as written consent for treatment from both legal guardians for treatment to begin. We are not currently accepting new minor clients whose guardians are in open, ongoing custody negotiations.

We are passionate about working with our kiddos who come from hard places and are proud that our full time pediatric therapists are also trauma specialists. Ms. Josie, Ms. Katherine, and Ms. Melissa have all received extensive training in our TraumaPlay model to meet the specific needs of our child patients with histories of abuse, neglect, and other forms of trauma. All of our full time staff are also either already trained or in the process of being fully trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, which we also blend together regularly with play therapy for our kiddos. We understand how seriously trauma impacts all domains of their lives individually and in the family system as a whole. We also work regularly with foster families, DCFS, and the family court systems in our region. We love inviting our therapy dogs in training, Winnie and Bear, to help soothe the anxiety that some of our kiddos feel when talking about this big, hard, scary stuff.

Our staff are trained to provide the following trauma-specific treatment modalities for children and adolescents:

• TraumaPlay
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• TF-CBT (Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

We are a proud healing partner of the Baton Rouge Children's Advocacy Center providing clinical treatment services to child survivors of abuse, neglect, and violent crime.

All pediatric patient cases are staffed with licensed clinical supervisors, Josie Bridges, LCSW, and Melissa Sepeda, LCSW-BACS, who have received extensive training and education in pediatric therapy practice.