Amanda Coonrod, LSCSW

Hello all, I’m Amanda.  I have been working with children and their families for over 20 years.  I received my bachelor's degree from KU, my Social Work master's degree from Washburn University, and my play therapy certificate from Mid-America Nazarene University.  I have worked in  different settings as a therapist, including schools, a community mental health center, and a pediatrician’s office.  I have experience working with children and adolescents ages 3 to 20 and their families, working with trauma, anxiety, behavioral problems, anger, depression, ADHD, and life changes.  Some of the therapeutic techniques I use are play therapy, solution focused therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy.  With play therapy, children use play as their language to work through thoughts, feelings, experiences, wants, needs, emotions, etc.  I love working with children and families to discover their own strengths and ideas, and how these can help them with what they are going through now and also giving them tools for the future.

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