Child & Adolescent Counseling

Is your child/teen under a lot of stress?
Do they seem to be struggling, and you don’t know how to help?
Has your child/teen experienced some sort of trauma they cannot seem to shake?

Life’s stressors affect even the youngest. Children and teens face pressures that can lead to emotional and behavioral difficulties. When given an environment where a child feels safe and accepted, their walls will come down, and healing can begin. UpTIC is here to help guide your child/adolescent through whatever struggles they face. UpTIC offers support to you, as the parent or guardian, as you navigate raising a child.

Therapy services are offered for children as young as 2 years old.

Together, we will work on:

Trauma
Grief
Depression
Anxiety
Anger
ADHD
Self-Esteem
Family Issues
Concerns Related to Foster Care/Adoption
Healthy Coping Strategies
and more…

Therapy Process

Kendra works to create a safe, engaging environment that allows your child/adolescent to express themselves. Your child/adolescent will leave with a toolbox of strategies to help them navigate school, peer/family relationships, stress, and other obstacles in life.

Challenging behaviors are viewed from a trauma-informed, developmental approach incorporating regulation and attachment-based strategies. Kendra has experience working with children and youth in a residential foster care setting, a psychiatric hospital, and a school setting.

Kendra uses a variety of modalities to meet each individual’s needs. Some common treatment modalities are outlined and described below. Treatment modality and session frequency are dependent on the client and family’s individual needs.

Person-Centered Therapy

Person-centered therapy is based on the idea that people are motivated toward achieving positive mental health and that the individual is the expert in their life. The therapist works to provide a safe and open environment for the client’s self-exploration as they move toward growth.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works to help people see the difference between beliefs, thoughts, and feelings to help the individual overcome unhelpful patterns of behavior. CBT is based on the idea that a person’s perception of an event, more than the event itself, determines how the individual will respond and feel. The therapist will help the client identify unhelpful patterns while working to reframe and restructure thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

Play Therapy

Play therapy is helpful for children to address and work through their thoughts and emotions, as play is the language of children. Play is the natural way children learn about themselves and their relationships. The therapist will work alongside the child to process and resolve concerns.

Attachment Theory

Attachment theory examines how early childhood experiences impact emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships. When individuals have caregivers who are emotionally responsive, those individuals tend to develop a secure attachment. However, when situations such as trauma have occurred, it can disrupt a person’s attachment style. Disrupted attachment can lead to difficulty in managing emotions and managing interpersonal relationships. Kendra uses attachment theory to understand the underlying/unmet needs of the individual, which drive unhealthy behaviors or coping skills.

Polyvagal Theory

Polyvagal theory is based on the idea that our bodies react at a biological and neurobiological level to heightened stress, especially when the body perceives a threat. Kendra uses Polyvagal theory with clients to help them understand their body’s responses as a result of stressors or trauma while identifying ways to soothe the nervous system to bring the body back to a state of improved functioning.

Cognitive Processing Therapy

Cognitive processing therapy is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that has been shown to be effective in reducing PTSD symptoms. CPT involves psychoeducation, formal processing, and working to identify and re-script unhelpful thoughts.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) is an evidence-based treatment for children ages 2-6. It is a short-term treatment that focuses on helping young children with disruptive behavior. The therapist “coaches” the parent/caregiver(s) on targeted skills while the parent/caregiver interacts with the child in the therapy room. The first phase (Child-Directed) focuses on increasing the warmth and connection between the parent and the child. The first treatment phase will result in improved child behavior, decreased parental frustration, and increased parent/child relationship. The second phase of treatment (Parent-Directed) equips parents/caregivers with skills to manage challenging behavior while improving your child's capacity to comply with directions.

**Kendra can speak with you regarding treatment options should you choose to pursue PCIT sessions.

Initial 50-minute individual session = $125

Subsequent 45-minute individual session = $100

Initial 50-minute parent/child session = $175

Parent/Child joint 45 to 50-minute session = $150

**Cash, Card, or Check Payment is due at the time of Service.

**UpTIC can provide you with a superbill if you choose to file out-of-network benefits yourself.

**Please note – Insurance providers require documentation of a diagnosis code to file out-of-network benefits.

1. Kendra will email you a link to set up your Thrizer account.

2. You will enter your insurance information into Thrizer and connect a payment method.

3. Thrizer will check to confirm you have out-of-network (OON) benefits and if your OON deductible has been met.

4. We will both get an overview of your out-of-network benefits, deductible, and estimated co-pay.

5. If your OON deductible has not been met, you will pay the full fee for services through Thrizer. Thrizer will submit the superbill to your insurance, and those payments will go toward your OON deductible.

6. Once your OON deductible has been met, you have the option to use Thrizer Pay, where you are charged your co-payment plus $5-8 (5% of the counselor’s fee) for the appointment. OR You may choose to pay the full fee through Thrizer. Thrizer will submit the superbill to your insurance. Insurance reimbursements, when issued, will be deposited directly to your bank account.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost.

Under the law, healthcare providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.

Make sure your healthcare provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your healthcare provider and any other provider you choose for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.

Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 800-985-3059.

Service Fees

Counseling is provided in person in Amarillo, TX. UpTIC is a private-pay, out-of-network counseling practice. Sessions last approximately 45 minutes and will be scheduled at a frequency appropriate to your needs.

While UpTIC does not directly accept insurance, your insurance may have out-of-network (OON) benefits, which means that they will support the cost of counseling services.

Kendra has partnered with Thrizer, a payment application that handles this process automatically for you so you can pay only what you truly owe for your sessions.

Click the plus signs to learn more about Service Fees.

If you are ready to begin, call 806-738-4828 or message us using the Contact button below!

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