Amber Reakes (she/her)

I take a person centered approach that focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space where children and teens feel safe being themselves. I believe meaningful change happens when clients feel heard, understood, and empowered. My role is to build trust, meet each client where they are, and help them recognize their strengths while navigating anxiety, emotional challenges, and self esteem concerns.

I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help children and adolescents build healthier relationships with difficult thoughts and emotions instead of feeling controlled by them. ACT focuses on increasing emotional flexibility, developing coping skills, and helping clients take meaningful steps toward the life they want. I integrate practical tools and values based work to support long term growth and resilience.

I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help children and teens better understand the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. CBT allows clients to identify unhelpful thought patterns, develop healthier coping strategies, and build confidence in managing anxiety, mood challenges, and emotional regulation. Sessions are collaborative, practical, and focused on creating skills clients can use in everyday life.

I work with teens navigating anxiety, emotional regulation, peer relationships, school stress, identity development, and life transitions. Adolescence can feel overwhelming, especially when emotions are hard to manage or communication feels difficult. I provide a supportive space where teens can feel understood, build coping skills, and gain confidence while working through the challenges they face.

I help children and adolescents better understand and manage anxiety in a supportive and practical way. Anxiety can show up as overthinking, avoidance, irritability, perfectionism, or feeling emotionally overwhelmed. Using evidence based approaches like CBT and ACT, I help clients build coping skills, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, and feel more confident navigating daily stressors and emotions.

I help children, adolescents, and families navigate the challenges associated with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) using evidence based, collaborative approaches. Together, we'll strengthen emotional regulation, improve communication, reduce family conflict, and develop practical coping skills that support healthier relationships and lasting positive change.