Specialties
Specialized Mental Health Services at River Roots
What is Play Therapy?
Play Therapy uses the creative & expressive energy of play to assist children in naturally communicating their thoughts and feelings. Children often don’t have verbal “words” yet to express themselves the way adults do in therapy. Instead, they create a narrative of their “story” through their play. The play therapist assists them by supporting their play & helping the child come to an emotional resolution. Children express themselves, resolve emotional issues, and learn new skills in a natural & enjoyable manner. Play therapy is most often used in children ages 3-12. Play therapy may also be used with families. If you want to learn more about the benefits of play therapy, please see the “Parents Corner” on the Association for Play Therapy website: Parents Corner - Association for Play Therapy (a4pt.org)
Trauma Therapy
Trauma is any event that triggers a deep emotional reaction, where the individual feels they don’t have the ability to cope with the event, causing them to feel a loss of control in their life. Trauma impacts our emotional, physical, and spiritual selves. Trauma therapy assists people in working through traumatic experiences and the lasting impact that may follow those experiences. Trauma therapy helps a person identify trauma triggers, understand their reactions to trauma, and acquire coping skills to help them manage thoughts and feelings related to the trauma and find a sense of control over the trauma.  Our staff are trained in helping children, youth, adults, and families. At River Roots Mental Health & Wellness Center, we take a mind-body approach to trauma because trauma impacts the entirety of who we are as a person. Each of our therapists has different specialized training in trauma. Please contact our office if you have questions about our different providers & their specialties.
Learn more about Trauma at the National Institute of Mental Health Website: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/coping-with-traumatic-events
Young Children & Trauma
There used to be an assumption that very young children would not be able to remember trauma, and it wouldn’t impact them as much as older children or adults. We have found, through over 20 years of research, trauma actually impacts very young children, more significantly, than at older ages. Research is also showing very young children need treatment services, which include active & expressive therapies, such as play, art, and body movement. These active & expressive therapies allow young children to access traumatic experiences, build a trauma narrative in an appropriate way for their age, find alternative coping skills, and begin to feel mastery over their trauma. With young children, we will also come alongside caregivers to provide them support during this difficult time. At River Roots Mental Health & Wellness, we will see children, as young as 3 years old, who have experienced trauma. Learn more about childhood trauma and find resources: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network | (nctsn.org)
What is Couples Therapy?
What is Psychiatric Care & Medication Management?
At River Roots, our psychiatric care focuses on connection, clear communication, and giving you the time and space to be heard without feeling rushed. We take a whole-person approach, looking beyond just prescribing medications to truly understand your history, stressors, and strengths so we can create a collaborative, grounded care plan. We’ll explore health factors that may affect your mental well-being, like sleep challenges, dietary needs, and hormonal changes. Our services are available for ages 10 through adulthood, with appointments that allow extra time for conversation, medication management, and education on mental health and wellness. Our psychiatric nurse works off-site from the main office, and you can choose to have your visits either hybrid or fully telehealth. For hybrid visits, you’ll come to our main office for vitals, which our staff will send to the psychiatric nurse, and we’ll help set up your telehealth session in a private space, no tech stress on your end. Telehealth visits can be done from the comfort of your home or any other safe, secure location of your choosing. At River Roots, psychiatric care is about more than medication, it’s about trust, insight, and balance to help you move forward with confidence and stability
What is Women's Mental Health?
Women often navigate a unique blend of emotional, relational, and identity‑based challenges throughout their lives. Therapy offers a steady, compassionate space to explore these experiences, whether they arise from neurodivergent traits, shifting roles, or the natural transitions of adulthood and mid‑life.
Many women reach a point where long‑standing patterns or coping strategies no longer feel sustainable. For neurodivergent women, this may include years of masking, chronic overwhelm, or feeling out of sync with the expectations placed on them. At the same time, life changes such as career shifts, evolving relationships, caregiving responsibilities, or hormonal transitions can intensify stress and impact mental health.
This work isn’t about fixing who you are, it’s about understanding yourself more fully. Therapy provides a grounded, validating environment where women can reconnect with their strengths, make sense of their experiences, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and self‑trust.
What is Certified Sexual Addiction therapist?
To be determined CSAT trained therapists are skilled in addressing trauma and the underlying causes that may lead to sex addiction. CSATs are licensed mental health therapists with additional certification to treat sexual addiction.
To learn more about how a CSAT therapist can support clients, see the link:
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