Child Therapy
The Details of Asperger’s Syndrome
Hello, I am LaShondra Manning, a therapist at Lifetree specializing in treatment for teens and tweens. While pursuing my doctorate degree, I’ve been able to study some of the more challenging diagnoses’ in the realm of therapeutic treatment, including Aspberger’s Syndrome. I have discovered a lot more about this syndrome recently, both through my intensive…
Read MoreAsperger’s Syndrome : Specifics, Fixations and Odd Behaviors
Some Specifics on Asperger’s Syndrome Asperger’s Syndrome is one of the very many complex therapy subjects I have studied in depth. My name is LaShondra Manning, I am a counselor specializing in treatment for teens and “tween” patients. While working through my LPC internship, I had the opportunity to work with teenaged boys diagnosed with Asperger’s. This gave me…
Read MoreLet the Parenting Begin!
Parenting Group If you are having trouble with the relationship you share with your child, you may feel frustrated, confused, and hopeless. If traditional therapy venues aren’t a good fit or don’t produce successful results in your situation, you should consider child parent relationship therapy as a new path. A research-based weekly parenting course, it…
Read MoreBullying: How to Stop It
My name is LaShondra Manning, and I am a counselor specializing in teen and “tween” patients. I am pursuing my doctorate in order to offer my patients the best possible therapy experience, and I have had the chance to examine a variety of unique subjects throughout the course of my studies, including bullying. The odds…
Read MoreCould Play Therapy be Right for my Child?
Could Play Therapy be Right for my Child? Hi! My name is LaShondra Manning and I am one of the play therapists here at Life Tree Counseling Center. If you have heard of play therapy, you might be curious about using it as a tool to help your child. I’m here today to help inform…
Read MoreADHD: Combining Medication and Counseling
Beyond the Individual ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, has a reach that extends far beyond the afflicted person. Much as conversation and companionship is spread across each seat at the dinner table, so are the unique challenges and difficulties posed by the disorder “passed around” by loved ones and family members. When the burden…
Read MoreTeens and Tweens: The Pressures of Our Teens Today
The teenage years are anything but simple. Not only do today’s teens or tweens need to forge their identity as a young adult, they need to cope with a social structure that is being made ever more complex by technology and new expectations. School assignments are getting more demanding for teens today. The looming focus…
Read MorePlay Therapy: The Basics of Play Therapy
For a therapist, reaching the emotions of a young child is a difficult proposition – even though the child has learned to talk and communicate, discussing the deeper implications of their emotions with an adult isn’t yet a skill they’ve mastered. Directly asking a child about difficult subjects can cause them to clam up and…
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