Amber Wood (She/Her/Hers)

I am trained as a Registered Play Therapist as well as Parent Child-Interactive Treatment. I have years of experience helping guide both children and parents navigate behaviors and reduce stressors. I also have training in being able to provide these modalities via Telehealth. I teach multiple trainings focused on Play Therapy techniques and supports for other Registered Play Therapist and have a passion for working with kiddos and their families.

As relational beings, our relationships with others hold great importance. Navigating these relationships does not always come naturally. I am here to help my clients better understand their attachment style and how they connect with others in order to develop healthy and reciprocative relationships.

Growing up can be overwhelming and stressful. I am trained in working with teens to help them manage their stress, trauma and anxiety. I am able to utilize modalities such at Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS), and Integrative Treatment for Complex Trauma (ITCT) to provide tools and support necessary to conquer fears and challenges.

Play therapy uses the powers of play to assist with processing information and feelings. Using the child's natural language of play can increase insight and help with expressing emotions when finding the right words to express oneself can be challenging. Play therapy creates a safe and non-threatening environment.

Sand Tray therapy allows clients to express and create using miniature worlds within the tray. These trays can represent inner experiences, conscious and unconscious, help process trauma and various mental health symptoms. It uses symbolism to allow for self-discovery and healing.

Person-centered, or client-centered, is a therapy approach that believes each individual is the expert on their own life. Only the client knows how the challenges and experiences they have affects them. The therapist provides a safe environment to explore and process these experiences, acting more as a coach and support system while the client discovers their truth to find healing.