Child Therapists in Pennsauken, NJ

Hey There! Welcome! My name is Carvel Seepersad. I am a Licensed Associate Counselor. I obtained my Master’s from Walden University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2014. I received my Play Therapy Certificate from Capella University in 2017. I have worked in the substance abuse population with adults ranging in ages and stages. I have worked with adolescents and children with mental health diagnoses including ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and with Behavioral challenges.

Welcome to First Children! We are a multi-site psychological, counseling, and applied behavior analysis (ABA) center serving children, adolescents, and young adults with autism and their families. At our STRIVE centers, we provide comprehensive autism services to our clients, including early screening and diagnostic testing (using the ADOS-2), ABA, behavioral parent training, and individual and group counseling. Our services also include sibling support groups, family counseling, social skills groups, and school consultation.

There are times in our lives when life will feel chaotic, unmanageable, confusing, it is truly a blessing to connect with someone willing and able to help us navigate through those times. As a fellow traveler on this journey of existence, I provide a safe, judgment-free, open and honest space for my clients to tell their stories, heal, grow, and develop.

I am a licensed therapist specializing in clinical work with children, adolescents, adults, families, and groups. I view my role as assisting my clients to more fully realize and become their authentic selves. Often, life events occur that prevent us from feeling strong, brave, satisfied, or even present in the world. We may become disconnected from others as well as ourselves. My passion is supporting clients as they grow, heal, play, discover, and connect within their therapy sessions and in their lives. I provide a safe, secure space where clients can explore their innermost thoughts, feelings, wishes, and fears.

Caitlin Dunbar, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New Jersey. Her practice focuses on an array of human experiences including anxiety, depression, trauma, transitional life stages, and interpersonal conflict. She works with children and adolescents and understands that it can be difficult for children to express themselves and their emotional needs, and that therapy can provide a safe space for them to strengthen those skills and build confidence.

I understand how stressful life is and how incredibly difficult asking for help can be. In my nine years of working in the counseling field, I have learned that it is essential that the people I work with feel comfortable talking about the thoughts, feelings, and experiences that are negatively impacting their quality of life. I embrace the ideals of patience, empathy, understanding, and the absolutely essential element of humor to help people overcome the obstacles that keep them from achieving their goals.

Dakhari Psychological Services, LLC works with very young children, school-aged kids, teenagers, young adults, and adults. Our clinicians address a range of needs and our passion is ignited by helping individuals to explore, develop, or even to enhance healthy patterns for living. We want you to cultivate self-esteem, fulfilling relationships, greater awareness, and meaningful life experiences. As therapists we value wellness and focus on healthy functioning. However, when life's journey leads you through difficult times we are here to help build hope, resilience, and lasting change.

I'm moved by the longing of couples to be to be listened to with undivided attention, to be understood and accepted, to be seen in their virtues and appreciated, to be held with affection and delight, to be allowed to be themselves and shift from it's all about me to you need all the same things. Your criticism and force can step back when I help you care about your own wounds - that your partner can respect, but cannot heal for you. I walk with confounded parents to calm their reactions to their children's resistance. They feel ignored, failing to raise a caring and responsible son or daughter. Heart is heavy, values seem irrelevant. Unburden the heart so your children can hear your values, not your reactions. Couple and family difficulties have roots in old hurts where we managed with knee jerk reactions and attitudes of how things should be. I can help you hold perspective, where you value yourself when others discredit you, where you're open to feedback about what is not helpful without feeling criticized or angry. Therapy is not getting partners or children or peers to respond, it's being able to bring my values with conviction without being attached to the outcome

"A journey begins with a single step." And, you can only start where you are. I believe awareness, exploration, and communication of feelings is key to being connected with others as well as with ourselves. I work with children, adolescents, and adults in individual and group settings. I use a strengths-based approach and am trained in Internal Family Systems. I have experience with crisis work, long-term, and short-term therapy. We will start where you feel comfortable taking your "single step" and the journey will go at the pace we set together. You have all the answers- let me help you find them!

There are times in life when we find ourselves feeling unbalanced, unsatisfied, lonely, or hurt. Healing and change begin when we feel deeply heard. I am a Registered Play Therapist and am skilled at helping children express their feelings, experiences and deep emotions. I meet each client with warmth and genuine curiosity as I am taught about their life experiences. Together we identify and challenge roadblocks to healthy coping, growing and thriving. I approach my therapeutic work with the ability to listen, to play and to be solutions-oriented.

Adults, children and adolescents, we treat all ages! Is your child struggling with anxiety, regulating their emotions, managing friendships or dealing with grief? Is your adolescent experiencing anxiety, depression, low motivation or having difficulty managing intense emotions? Or maybe you, as an adult, are struggling to manage life stressors and anxiety, life transitions or loss? Improvement is possible! We can help by guiding individuals-children through adults-in the process of gaining insight and coping skills to make real, lasting positive changes.

Navigating through life can be challenging. We all handle those challenges in many different ways. Trusting ourselves to meet those needs on our own is an awesome life skill. But, there are times when reaching out for support during those challenging times becomes necessary. This is a brave and daunting step to take. I feel honored to join you on this journey of healing every step of the way. Counseling provides the insight necessary to work on the issues that are a barrier between you and living your best life.

I believe the needs and abilities of each individual are different and work with you to determine what approaches and techniques are most in line with your needs and strengths. I believe a productive therapeutic relationship is positively established through the use of genuineness, warmth, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. I have a diverse range of experience including the areas of Autism; Domestic Violence; Sexual Abuse/Assault; Childhood Abuse and Neglect; Childhood PTSD/Trauma; and Loss, Attachment and Separation issues in relation to foster and adoption. I primarily work with women, children and adolescents.