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Carl Rogers + Mr. Rogers = Ben Lewis

Ben Lewis has been a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee at Child & Teen Counseling for five months. So what has he learned about communicating with kids and what do you get when you add up Carl Rogers and Mister Rogers?

We deliver therapy adjacent musings in this sleekly crafted video with original music by none other than Ben Lewis himself. Bonus: watch Ben relive his epic championship loss to Megan Young in our staff fantasy football league

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Adam Ashkenazi Is CTC’s Modern Man

Adam Ashkenazi is a therapist trainee at Child & Teen Counseling. He’s been providing services since September both in the office and as part of our Therapy on Campus program. He also co-facilitates our Middle School Boys Group. So why did he want to become a therapist in the first place? Also, what is his favorite “nerdy” pastime? Learn more about CTC’s new modern man in this short video.

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Veronica Torres Establishes Her Personality

Child & Teen Counseling is elated to have the brilliant Veronica Torres as part of our latest cohort of therapist trainees. Veronica has been seeing clients since September and we wanted to find out how it ‘s going.

In this short video she pontificates on impediments to personality establishment in teens, and how kids are a lot more self aware than people give them credit for. Watch the video and enjoy some of her insight!

Veronica also co-facilitates our High School Girls Group with Jennifer Koerner.

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Sipan Nazaryan Is CTC’s Renaissance Man

Sipan Nazaryan is a trainee here at Child & Teen Counseling. He’s currently working on his Masters Degree at Pepperdine. Around here, we think of him as our local renaissance man. At once intellectual, yet obsessed with UFC fighting, he’s a unique and fascinating blend! Sipan has been seeing clients for about three months now, so how is he settling in? He reveals all the answers, including what makes him such an interesting paradox, in this short and amusing video

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Ralph Huang is an International Man of Intrigue

Ralph Huang has lived in seven different countries. How has this international experience shaped him and what he brings to the table as a therapist trainee? And of crucial importance, what are his favorite sports teams?

Child & Teen Counseling’s International Man of Intrigue nimbly answers all these questions in this hard hitting interview with Ralph.

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Checking in with Bianca Morris

Bianca Morris is a Therapist Trainee at Child & Teen Counseling in Woodland Hills, California. She’s currently getting her Masters at Pepperdine University. She began seeing clients at CTC in August of 2021 under the supervision of Executive Director Kent Toussaint, LMFT.

Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer

Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer

Girls Who Glow returns from summer hiatus on September 10th! Kat and Adriana are back to host our therapy group for High School age girls in person at Child & Teen Counseling on Fridays from 5:00 to 6:30. Hear what they have to say about the next season in our Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer! If you know someone who could benefit, please tell them about it. Now’s the time to get in!

Everyone knows being a teenager is tough, but what are the biggest issues teenage girls face today? How does group therapy even work? What are the advantages of being in a group, and do teenagers still have band posters on their bedroom walls? Start getting the answers here or check out the Girls Who Glow page for more information and to get in touch directly with Adriana or Kat.

Is group therapy right for your kid? Watch Child & Teen Counseling’s Executive Director Kent Toussaint talk about it here.

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