Child Therapists in Des Moines, IA

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is offered for children aged 2 to 7 years. Caregivers are actively involved in all sessions with their child. Issues such as defiance, behavioral issues, meltdowns/tantrums, insecurity in parenting, ADHD, and ODD are addressed.

I provide play therapy for children dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, family concerns, school issues.

Raising our Children, adolescents, teens, and young adults can be challenging at times. We add alternatives to hopelessness and solutions for today in our busy life. We believe that the emotional stressors placed on our children and families today can generate obstacles to developing important life skills. Here at our practice we focus on the well being and assistance for our generation today. With a safe space we have advanced developmentally appropriate prevention and intervention strategies for counseling and mentoring children, adolescents, teens and young adults, developing the right strategy to improve their everyday living.

Growing up can be challenging, particularly in a world filled with academic pressures, social expectations, family dynamics, and identity exploration. We support children and adolescents in navigating emotional, behavioural, social, and developmental concerns while collaborating with caregivers to foster understanding and connection. Our goal is to help young people build resilience, confidence, and healthy coping skills that will support them throughout their lives.

At San Francisco Counseling Collective ("SFCC"), we provide supportive, developmentally attuned counseling for children and adolescents facing emotional, behavioral, or relational challenges. With age-appropriate interventions and caregiver collaboration, we help young people build coping skills and emotional confidence.

Des Moines is Iowa's state capital and the center of America's insurance industry — home to Principal Financial Group, Wellmark, and dozens of other major insurers — creating a therapy demand shaped by the particular stresses of financial services careers alongside the concerns of a growing and increasingly diverse urban population. The city has experienced dramatic demographic change through refugee resettlement and immigration, with growing communities from Myanmar, Congo, and Latin America making it one of the most rapidly diversifying mid-size cities in the Midwest. UnityPoint Health — Iowa Methodist Medical Center and MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center provide institutional mental health resources, with a private practice community concentrated in the West Des Moines and Urbandale corridors. Iowa's relative shortage of mental health providers makes Des Moines an important access point for the broader state, and many therapists here serve clients from smaller surrounding communities.

Gender ID

	71%	Female
	29%	Male

Session Type

	58%	In Person and Online
	42%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

75%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
58%	Family Systems Therapy
42%	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
42%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
33%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
33%	Psychodynamic Therapy
33%	Gottman Method Couples Therapy

Ages Served

92%	Adult
75%	Teen
67%	Children
67%	Young Adult
42%	Senior

Client Focus

58%	Hispanic / Latino
58%	Women
50%	Men
33%	Asian
33%	Hindu

Child therapists in Des Moines, Iowa IA

Ashley Paulson

Kim Feeney

NewBirth Counseling & Wellness Group LLC

Mun & Mind Therapy PLLC

San Francisco Counseling Collective

Child therapists in Des Moines, Iowa Statistics

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Average cost per session

Accept insurance

Offer sliding scale