OUR CHILD AND TEEN THERAPY GROUPS HELP EVERYONE TO FEEL SUPPORTED AND AFFIRMED IN THEIR IDENTITY
Now Enrolling for Kindred Kids
Tuesdays at 5pm
Grades 2-5th
Kindred Kids is a therapy group for kids who are in grades 2-5. This group is affirming of all identities, including neurodiversity, neurodivergence, and gender, etc. Members will feel safe, connected, and supported. Children will build their skills in emotional self-awareness, peer friendships, and coping. Via practice of the expressive arts, a parallel process will also take place where children will learn coping strategies to utilize when feeling angry, stressed, or anxious in relation to self or others. Yoga, art, music, play, and mindfulness group therapies will facilitate the ongoing social emotional learning of each child. This group is limited to 6 children.
This group is inspired by the need to help children develop healthy social emotional learning while learning positive coping skills when experiencing overwhelming emotions, and situations.
Investment- $195 one time intake appointment fee and then $65/week
Now Enrolling in this year-round group!
Mondays at 5-6pm
Ages 12-15
Meets in person in Frederick
Kindred Tweens is a therapy group for middle schoolers of all genders and identities. In this group, members will feel safe, connected, and supported. Middle schoolers will build skills in emotional self-awareness, peer friendships, and coping. Via the expressive arts, a parallel process will also take place where group members will learn coping strategies to utilize when feeling angry, stressed, or anxious in relation to self or others. Mindfulness, expressive arts and brain based group therapies will facilitate the ongoing social emotional learning of each member. This group is limited to 6 individuals.
This group is facilitated by Daisy Lopez-Duke. It is inspired by the need to help tweens have a safe space to process the overwhelming changes that happen in the middle school years.
Investment: $195 one time intake appointment and then $65/week
Now Enrolling for Kindred Connections
Mondays at 10am
Kindred Connections is a therapy group for neurodiverse homeschoolers/unschoolers. It's a mixed aged group for children in first through fifth grade with varying strengths and support needs. Participants will have a safe, structured and affirming environment to develop friendships, explore healthy ways to communicate, and cope with stressors.
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This group is facilitated by Sophie Dykstra. It is inspired by the desire to help children live authentically in celebration of their differences and to thrive in a world that is neurotypically-oriented. Expressive arts, directive play activities and nervous system based therapies will be used to strengthen both neurological (self-regulation) and social connections.
Investment- $195 one time intake appointment fee and then $65/week
Now Enrolling for Kindred Chosen
Thursdays at 6pm
Kindred Chosen is a therapy group for teens 14-18 who are looking for a safe place to feel heard, understood, and supported in their mental health and lgbtqiap2 identity.
This group is facilitated by Anna See-Jachowski. It is inspired by the need to help adolescents who feel 'different' feel a sense of belonging. In this group, kindred teens with differing sexual orientations and gender identities choose to be themselves and grow in who they are. They will gain expert guidance in navigating mental health struggles like trauma, anxiety, peer issues, and other life stressors, while also feeling safe to show up as they are. Expressive arts and nervous system based therapies like brainspotting will be used.
Investment: $65/week
No current openings to this group.
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I am the Colors of the World is a social emotional learning group for kids to connect with fellow peers while learning about diversity, tolerance and peace building. Children will build their skills in emotional self-awareness, peer social skills, and positive coping. Via practice of the expressive arts, a parallel process will also take place where children will learn coping strategies to utilize when feeling angry, stressed, or confused in relation to self or others. Through the use of story telling, and formal learning on other cultures and diverse people, kids will learn ways in which we are a like and different and process in a healthful way via art, music, and story writing. This group is limited to 6 children.
This group is facilitated by Vanessa Durrant, owner of Kindred Tree Healing Center. It is inspired by the need to help children grow up in a world that values differences, social emotional learning, and equity building practices. Vanessa is a licensed psychotherapist, reiki master, yoga teacher, and also a homeschooling mother.
Investment: $350 in lump sum
