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Individualized care. Meaningful connection. Room to grow.
Individualized care. Meaningful connection. Room to grow.
No two clients come to therapy with the same experiences, strengths, needs, or goals. At Kindred Paws, services are tailored to the individual rather than built around a one-size-fits-all approach.
Play Therapy • Animal-Assisted Counseling/Play Therapy • Individual Counseling • Parent & Family Support
🐾 Animal-Assisted Counseling & Play Therapy
🐾 Animal-Assisted Counseling & Play Therapy
Animals can offer something unique within the therapeutic relationship—their presence can create opportunities for connection, comfort, engagement, and learning that may feel different from traditional talk therapy.
At Kindred Paws, animal-assisted interventions are intentionally incorporated into counseling and play therapy based on each client's individual needs and treatment goals. For older children, teens, and adults, an animal partner may be incorporated into counseling to support emotional regulation, communication, confidence, relationship-building, coping skills, or the exploration of difficult thoughts and feelings. For younger children, animal-assisted interventions may be integrated into play therapy, allowing the child-animal relationship to become part of the therapeutic process through play, interaction, and developmentally appropriate activities.
Animal-assisted counseling is more than simply having an animal present in the therapy room. Interactions are purposeful and may include structured activities, games, caregiving or nurturing experiences, practicing boundaries and communication, problem-solving, or using an animal's presence as a source of grounding and co-regulation. At other times, the animal may simply be nearby while therapeutic work takes place.
The animal doesn't replace the therapeutic relationship—it can become another meaningful part of it.
Animal-assisted counseling & play therapy may support:
Anxiety • Emotional regulation • Stress management • Confidence and self-esteem • Communication • Social and relationship skills • Frustration tolerance • Boundaries • Coping skills • Emotional expression • Engagement in therapy • Adjustment to difficult or stressful experiences
A relationship built on choice
Just like our clients, our animal partners are given choices, boundaries, and opportunities for breaks. Participation is never forced—for the client or the animal. Respecting those boundaries is an important part of creating a therapeutic environment grounded in safety, trust, and connection.
🌻 Individual Counseling
🌻 Individual Counseling
Sometimes life feels overwhelming, relationships become complicated, or the ways we have learned to cope no longer seem to be working. Other times, there may not be one specific problem—you may simply recognize that you want support understanding yourself, navigating a difficult season, or making meaningful changes.
At Kindred Paws, individual counseling provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space for older children, teens, and adults to explore thoughts, emotions, relationships, experiences, and challenges at a pace that feels appropriate for them. Therapy is individualized to each client's needs, strengths, goals, and developmental level rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach.
Depending on the individual, counseling may incorporate conversation, cognitive and behavioral strategies, strengths-based interventions, creative or experiential activities, mindfulness and regulation skills, and animal-assisted interventions when appropriate. Some sessions may focus on developing practical skills, while others may provide space to process experiences, better understand patterns, strengthen relationships, or simply feel heard and understood.
You don't have to arrive knowing exactly what to talk about. We can begin with where you are.
Individual counseling may support:
Anxiety • Stress and overwhelm • Depression and low mood • Life transitions • Relationship and interpersonal concerns • Self-esteem and confidence • Emotional regulation • Grief and loss • School or college-related stress • Family changes • Coping skills • Personal growth • Adjustment to difficult or unexpected experiences
Therapy that fits the person—not the other way around.
What helps one person may not help another. At Kindred Paws, we work collaboratively to understand what matters to you and tailor the therapeutic process accordingly. The relationship provides the foundation, while therapeutic approaches and interventions are selected based on your individual needs and goals.
🎨 Play Therapy
🎨 Play Therapy
Children don’t always have the words to explain what they are thinking, feeling, or experiencing. Play is one of the natural ways children communicate, explore their world, work through experiences, and build new skills.
At Kindred Paws, play therapy provides children with a supportive space to express themselves in ways that feel developmentally appropriate and meaningful to them. Depending on your child’s individual needs and treatment goals, sessions may include child-led play, creative activities, games, therapeutic limit setting, emotional reflection, and more structured interventions.
Through the therapeutic relationship and the language of play, children can work toward greater emotional awareness and regulation, confidence, problem-solving skills, healthier relationships, and new ways of responding to challenges.
Play may look simple from the outside, but in the therapy room, it can say a lot.
Play therapy may support children experiencing:
Anxiety • Big emotions • Emotional regulation difficulties • Behavioral concerns • Family changes • Grief and loss • School or peer challenges • Low self-esteem • Difficulty communicating feelings or needs • Relationship concerns • Adjustment to stressful or unexpected life experiences
Children don't have to know how to explain what's wrong to begin.
Children don't have to know how to explain what's wrong to begin.
Sometimes, play helps us understand what words can't quite say yet.
🤝 Parent & Family Support
🤝 Parent & Family Support
Children's therapy doesn't happen in a vacuum. Parents and caregivers are an important part of understanding a child's needs, supporting progress outside of therapy, and creating meaningful change within everyday relationships.
Depending on your child's age, needs, and treatment goals, parent and family support may include parent consultations, caregiver-only sessions, or family sessions when clinically appropriate. These sessions can provide space to better understand emotional or behavioral needs, strengthen communication and parent-child relationships, and explore practical strategies for supporting your child at home.
Parent involvement is individualized to each child and family. Some children may benefit from more frequent caregiver collaboration, while others may need greater privacy and independence within the therapeutic process. Together, we'll determine an approach that supports both your child's treatment needs and your role as their caregiver.
Not sure which service fits?
Not sure which service fits?
You don't have to figure that out before reaching out.
You don't have to figure that out before reaching out.
We'll talk about what brings you to therapy and determine together what approach may best support your needs.
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