Colleen Lhotsky Sullivan

I incorporate expressive approaches to help find their natural way of communicating. I incorporate expressive therapies with a trauma informed, multicultural perspective using modalities of CBT, TF-CBT, and solution focused. incorporating expressive therapies, like play, art and music, this can help a child with with trauma and/or behavioral challenges reveal unconscious fears, worries, thoughts and wishes. The expression is healing in itself but the patterns or themes in their play can reveal solutions to developing a plan for the family as a whole to heal. As a parent, asking for help for your child and family might be difficult but with a calm, non-judgmental space to explore what is most productive to your individual needs will help.

Originally from Maryland, receiving an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park I have experience working with special needs children and substance abuse counseling. I worked briefly in a Montessori school while obtaining a Master’s Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Argosy University’s CACREP accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. I love the Montessori philosophy and often bring some aspects into my practice. I believe creating a calm, nonjudgmental space helps others go to that headspace themselves, making it easier to focus and create a habit to find their calm on their own. Rather than focusing on the “why,” the “what” is the answer I like to look for – what might be causing a child to behave this harmful way and how can we work together to replace those harmful/unhelpful behaviors with more helpful coping mechanisms.