Psychotherapy Private Practice Child Therapy Social Skills Counseling Lisa Tretout, M.A. LPC-eligible
Perhaps s/he is on the AUTISM Spectrum with asperger's or a diagnosis of PDD-NOS? Does s/he have attention differences,
learning differences, Sensory processing disorder? Is your child gifted?
Listed in Psychology Today's list of clinician referrals
Friends Camps: Summer 2010 pics
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Social Skills Group Therapy: Friends Group
Social skills therapy groups run throughout the school year. Social-skills development, self-regulation strategies, some of Carol Gray's social stories technique, in addition to learning competitive and cooperative games, emotional and somatic processing, naming body/facial expressions, group sand trays, and and equine therapy component in all groups. Friends Group is wonderful for a child to join after a period of individual counseling with me, in my office and play therapy room. Age groups loosely designed developmentally for ages: 6-7, 8-9 and 10-12.
We work initially on trust and attachment, the feeling of SAFETY inside and out. Additionally I bring all groups out to the ranch at Medicine Horse Program in East Boulder. My groups are all designed with three members, creating the naturally challenging triad.
click Horses as Helpers for more info on the equine sessions.
Email or call Lisa for more information on upcoming groups; there are often 3 or 4 groups running all year long, taking Winter, Spring breaks off and June & part of July off as well.
303.956.9518
Individual Developmental Play Therapy is offered ongoing, and often benefits children preparing to join social skills Friends Groups. Individual therapy will also help children with signs of anxiety, depression and peer struggles/feelings of isolation or bullying and/or being bullied. See August New York Times article on Childhood Depression. It's worth reading, since regulation of body and mood can be effectively re-routed in early intervention play therapy, up to age 12, and then for teens, I use a more cognitive and transpersonal approach, in addition to Gestalt technique and role play.
Child Therapy....early intervention can help!
What an honor to join Temple Grandin for dinner at the
Duschambe Tea House prior to her presentation at Fairview High School, as a guest of Boulder Valley Gifted & Talented and ASBC, two wonderful organizations supporting children who have ASD, are gifted and/or twice-exceptional.
Ms. Grandin is second from right in photo. I am on left.
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SUPPORTING UNIQUE BRILLIANCE
Find my practice listed or featured here: Boulder Psychotherapy Institute (BPI), IMAGINE!, Autism Society of Colorado, Boulder Chapter (ASBC) and Boulder Valley Gifted & Talented (BVGT), Medicine Horse Program and Boulder Community Hostpital's Mapleton Center for Pediatrics in Boulder.
I am sitting for the NCE and will be LPC-certified in early 2012! Also, my RPT (Registered Play Therapist) credentials have long been met, and I am in the process of submitting all necessary paperwork for credentialing to be complete in the first half of '12.
