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I am so glad you've taken this brave step towards seeking support, and I am here to listen and work with you to navigate whatever ...
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I am so glad you've taken this brave step towards seeking support, and I am here to listen and work with you to navigate whatever challenge you are facing.
Katia Castro is a Licensed Mental Health Clinician with over 17 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and groups. She helps clients navigate challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and substance use with a collaborative and compassionate approach. Katia empowers clients to explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors while developing effective strategies for healing, growth, and lasting positive change.
Katia Castro earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Florida Atlantic University. She specializes in evidence-based care, utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, trauma-focused approaches, and narrative therapy to address complex mental health needs and support recovery.
Katia provides a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space for clients to share their experiences and begin healing. She offers flexible online therapy sessions, making care accessible and convenient for clients wherever they are in their journey toward emotional well-being. Schedule your first session today!
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As a woman of color, I understand the importance of intersectionality and cultural competence and their impact on mental health....
As a woman of color, I understand the importance of intersectionality and cultural competence and their impact on mental health.
Christina Chen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 5+ years experience in the mental health field, and 2 years in a college setting. She is passionate about assisting and supporting young to older adults in their experiences and challenges, with empathy and a holistic view. Christina specializes in anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma.
Christina completed her Master's in Counseling Psychology at Regis College. She has a background working in the college setting, which provides experience in supporting individuals during a pivotal time in life. This, coupled with her experience in community mental health, enables her to provide a holistic approach that can pull from a clinical and case management perspective. Christina utilizes treatment approaches that include person-centered therapy (PCT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, solutions-focused therapy (SFT), and motivational interviewing (MI).
She can support you in gaining new insights and skills that allow you to see yourself as the amazing human you are with the ability to handle whatever life throws at you. Schedule an appointment with Christina today and take the next step in your journey toward wellness.
Azizi Carle, better known as “Zee,” is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker serving clients in Massachusetts with ove...
Azizi Carle, better known as “Zee,” is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker serving clients in Massachusetts with over 20 years of experience helping adults, children, couples, and families create meaningful and lasting change. She specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, women’s issues, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm.
Zee is known for her authentic, compassionate, and relatable approach that helps clients feel comfortable, supported, and understood from the very first session. Using CBT, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, strengths-based work, and creative interventions, she tailors therapy to each client’s unique needs and goals.
Her passion is helping clients build healthier coping skills, improve communication, increase self-awareness, and feel more confident, emotionally balanced, and hopeful about their future.
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Child therapy, also known as counseling for kids, helps young individuals better understand and manage the challenges that affect their mental health. Common challenges amongst kids include behavioral issues, trauma, bullying, depression, and anxiety. All ages of children can attend and benefit from child therapy at Thriveworks Boston.
Child therapy works by using multiple techniques tailored to fit the child’s needs based on their age group, their challenges, and the severity of their challenges. It might involve play therapy for younger kids or cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, art therapy, and others for varying ages. In any case, Thriveworks child therapists in Boston, MA have the expertise and experience to help kids at their level.
Child therapy is a type of therapy meant for clients within a specific age group, while play therapy is an approach to therapy that helps children with self-expression and stress relief, among others. Play therapy is a technique that is often used in child therapy to help children express what’s running through their minds when they do not have the words to express their thoughts and emotions. It can get children to express what’s wrong, what might be causing unwanted behaviors, or what they might need in a way that is accessible to them so that therapists can then work to treat the issue.
It’s not always obvious when a child should see a therapist for their behavior, though in the midst of challenges like divorce, loss, bullying, and other mental health conditions, it’s often a good idea to seek it out. Common behaviors that can indicate a need for child therapy include separation anxiety, bedwetting (at inappropriate ages), and agitation/excessive irritability — especially if it reaches a point of physical violence.
Cognitive behavioral therapy at Thriveworks in Boston, MA is one of the best types of therapy for children. However, it can be administered in child therapy sessions in a variety of ways that are more accessible to young minds, such as play therapy.
Child therapy at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The length of child therapy depends on your child’s needs as well as the goals that you and their therapist might have for them. Generally, child therapy sessions will last for several months.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
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