Child Play Therapy & Parenting Support
with Suwattana “Na” Maestas, LPC
Hi, My name is Suwattana Maestas!
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and an Early Childhood Educator in Denver, CO.
I have 10,000+ hours of experiences interweaving child development, trauma-informed behavioral management, and the power of being present to children as young as their 1st year up to 10 years old, their parents, and teachers to promote happier relationships between children and their adult caregivers.
Research have demonstrated the benefits of play therapy:
Self-regulation skills
Problem solving skills
Better academic performance
Forming and maintaining positive, reciprocal, meaningful relationships
Be a positive contributing member of the community as an adult
What Is Child Play Therapy?
Play is children’s native language. Since children’s brains are still developing, a trained play therapist create a safe space allowing children to explore their feelings and conflicted experience while practicing new skills to overcome what was perceived as challenges.
I have utilized Child Play Therapy to promote hands-on, in-the-moment training for new adaptive skills for concerns such as aggressive behaviors (verbal and physical), emotional outbursts, difficulty concentrating, separation anxiety, self-depreciation or depression, encopresis and enuresis, removal from home, history of abuse and/or neglect, witnessed domestic/relational violence, single-event and complex trauma, etc.
What is Parenting Consultation?
As a parent, you are the main contributor to your child mental health and happiness.
I love to work alongside with my child client’s parents; biological, foster, adoptive, grandparent, etc., to set up goals that are meaningful to you and your family.
When parents are engaged with their child’s Play Therapy process, the change and empowerment happens sooner, deeper-meaning, and long-lasting for both the child and the family.
Where Do We Meet?
In-Person.
I offer in-person child play therapy and parenting supports in the comfort of your home in the Denver Metro Area.
In-Home therapy means less commute and the therapeutic progress can be readily applied to your child in their natural environment.
Tele-Behavioral-Health.
I utilize HIPPA-Compliant VDO software to conduct an interactive TBH child/play therapy and TBH parenting support wherever and whenever life takes you and your child, i.e. reducing commute, traveling, isolating from contagious germs, etc.
How Do I Pay?
1. Insurance
2. Out-of-Network
I’m accepting the following private insurance via Headway.co.
United Healthcare
Oscar Heath
Oxford
Aetna
Cigna
In addition, I also accept Medicaid Health First plan.
Many counseling consumers prefer paying out of pocket. Contact me below for your counseling needs and payment questions.