Lindsay Stenzel, LCSW and Certified Synergetic Play Therapist - Child Therapy and Play Therapy in Littleton, CO
Welcome to Lindsay Stenzel Counseling, LLC - I’m so glad you’re here. I’m here to offer you and your child support when things feel impossible. I’m a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist working with Play Therapy Connection in Littleton, CO. I am a trauma-informed anxiety specialist who provides child therapy and parent coaching for families in the south Denver suburbs. I work with children ages 3-15 navigating:
Anxiety, panic, and phobias
Separation anxiety
Aggression and difficulties with anger management
Challenging behaviors impacting home and school functioning
Challenges related to neurodivergence, including twice exceptional (2e)
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Suicidality and self-harm
Major life changes such as separation, divorce, and grief
Things might feel impossible right now, or it might feel like you’ve tried a million different strategies and nothing has worked - yet. Reach out to learn more about how play therapy works and how it could benefit your child to decrease meltdowns, improve communication, and help your child better understand their feelings. It doesn’t need to feel like you’re just in survival mode - you and your child can get the support and skills to start thriving. Click below to schedule a free 15-minute consultation call and learn more - I’m now accepting new clients and is now offering weekend appointments!
Services & My Approach for Child Therapy and Parent Coaching
Raising children truly takes a village, and it’s an honor to be a part of yours. I highly value being able to create a space where both caregivers and children can show up authentically in a compassionate and non-judgmental space. I view our work together as us collaborating as a team so your child can get the support they need to reach their full potential. My work is child-led, meaning I meet your child where they’re at and follow their pace. Sessions can include imaginative play, sandtray work, psychoeducation about feelings and the stress response - it depends on your child’s goals, needs, strengths, and interests. Sessions are most often non-directive, meaning I follow the child’s lead, but sometimes incorporate directive work to target specific topics and skills. For older kids and pre-teens, sessions are often a blend of talking, play, and directive activities.
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Weekly, biweekly, or monthly play therapy sessions. Session structure includes 40 minutes of one-on-one therapy with your child, followed by a 10-minute parent meeting to discuss progress and ways to support your child outside of sessions. Sessions are tailored to meet your child’s individual needs and to work on goals identified at the start of our work together. In sessions, children will be able to explore feelings and challenges to develop more awareness, practice new ways to respond to challenges and regulate through them, and create new patterns over time that lead to lasting change. As a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, I conceptualize behaviors as expressions of nervous system states, rather than getting too attached to symptoms and a diagnosis.
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Parent coaching can be an add-on or stand-alone service for caregivers needing more support outside of existing services or caregivers wanting to focus on the ways they’re responding to and supporting their child at home. During parent coaching sessions, we can further discuss the challenges you’re facing in supporting your child, ways to co-regulate and support yourself so you can show up for your child, how to address behavioral concerns, and more.
Contact Lindsay
Interested in working together? Fill out some info, and I’ll be in touch shortly to schedule a free 15-minute consultation call. I can’t wait to hear from you!