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 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 the 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 the growth that promotes an ability to reach one’s full potential.

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 of personal growth rather than focusing on undesired behaviors. Our areas of specialty include individuals with gifts and talents, twice exceptionalities (gifted + anxiety, autism, ADHD, etc), grief, trauma, major life transitions and oppositional behaviors.

At Kindred we have therapists who offer Individual, Hybrid (child-centered with parent/caregiver consultation and education) and Group support. We offer Cognitive, Expressive Art, Experiential Growth, Learning and Development and EMDR therapies with traditional theories such as Gestalt, Adlerian, Humanistic, Cognitive Behavioral, Positive Disintegration, 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.