Our approach

To be Kindred is to have something in common that is unique or exceptional and to have someone else accept and acknowledge that part of you in an equally unique and exceptional way. At Kindred Counseling we offer support for children, teens and young adults and their families that need a place where their perspective can be shared by our staff and their authentic self can be celebrated.

We are a strengths-based group of mental health professionals who seek to help our clients appreciate their unique abilities or response to life circumstance. The client is at the center of support provided and is trusted and relied upon to be an active participant in their own social and emotional growth process. Behaviors are viewed as communication and “weaknesses” are viewed as one side of a coin, with the other being the strengths a person possesses to achieve growth that promotes an authentic perspective of the world.

Forgoing the use of one “theory” fits all, we utilize eclectic practice to provide individualized care and support. We view life and its experiences as a valuable formative process. Often times, families come to us seeking to have “behaviors” changed. At times, this is appropriate and at other times to stop a behavior is to stop communication or a valuable life experience. We believe in supporting a process rather than focusing on undesired behaviors. For this reason our areas of specialty include individuals with gifts and talents, twice exceptionalities (gifted + anxiety, autism, ADHD, etc), major life transitions, attention issues and oppositional behaviors.

At Kindred we offer Individual, Family, Hybrid (child-centered with parent/caregiver consultation and education) and Group support. We combine Expressive Play, Expressive Art and Experiential Growth, Learning and Development with traditional theories such as Adlerian, Humanistic, Cognitive Behavioral, Positive Disintegration, Psychosocial, Systems and Human Development. Through our work, we provide a secure and accepting space for our clients to learn to live in the world as they are and create lives filled with meaning, connection, and joy.