More than 2/3 of children will be exposed to a traumatic event by the time they turn 16. Many people do not know how to help children recover from trauma. Sometimes counseling is necessary for trauma recovery. However, it is possible to reduce the effects of trauma by creating healing environments within your school, home, church, and community. 

Training is offered in-person or virtually. Training topics include understanding childhood trauma, how trauma impacts the brain and body, behavioral responses due to trauma, attachment, regulation, redirection, and discipline, how to create healing environments, and more!

Trauma consulting is provided to school districts, foster/adoptive agencies, foster/adoptive families, churches, or community organizations. Consultation services are provided one-on-one and can be done virtually or in-person. 

Childhood trauma is shown to negatively affect the way a person thinks, behaves, and reacts. Most people have not been taught how to help children through their traumatic experiences. As a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in residential foster care as well as the school system, Kendra brings her diverse experiences to help you create systems and structures that promote healing and change for the children in your schools, homes, churches, and communities.

Child/Adolescent counseling can help those you care about learn how to manage their emotions and behaviors in healthier ways. UpTIC provides a safe and engaging counseling environment for your child and teen, ages 2 and up. Kendra has worked with children and youth since 2008 in areas of trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, anger, ADHD, self-esteem, and family issues. 

UpTIC is a private pay (no insurance) counseling practice. Counseling sessions are provided in-person in Amarillo, TX. Regular sessions last 45 minutes and will be scheduled at the frequency appropriate for your needs.

Kendra is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and has been supervising LPC Associates since 2014. She has experience supervising clinicians in foster care settings, school systems, community mental health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and non-profit agencies. Kendra’s professional/clinical experience is working with children and youth both in the foster care/residential setting as well as the school system. Kendra has clinical experience working with adults in the psychiatric hospital. 

Supervision is conducted as required by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.

As a Trust-Based Relational Intervention Practitioner (TBRI^(R) ) and Educator, Kendra has learned about and implemented Nurture Groups both in residential foster care settings and in school settings. TBRI^(R) is an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach to meeting the complex needs of children who have experienced adversity, early harm, toxic stress, and/or trauma.

Nurture Groups are weekly, small groups that provide an experiential way of learning relational and regulation skills while building connections between those in the group. Teaching skills proactively through fun, experience-based strategies helps children’s brains and bodies learn the skills much faster and more effectively than talking alone. 

Book Studies are a great way to learn and connect with others. Participants will read a common book on their own time, then gather together to share, discuss, process, and learn. Book studies can be done with schools, groups of teachers, foster/adoptive agencies, foster/adoptive parents, or anyone who is interested in learning more about trauma and best practices to help the children you work and live with. UpTIC will help facilitate book studies by bringing in additional knowledge on the subject, providing guided discussion, or answering questions based on the book and topic.