Hi Parents! 😊

As a former teacher and a parent, I understand how much you want your child to feel happy, confident, and successful at school.

Twenty years ago, I was a teacher. As I got to know my students, their families, and the community around them, I began to see how much of what children were carrying extended beyond the classroom- and how much support children and the people who love them sometimes need. That realization ultimately led me from education into mental health, where I could work more directly with children and families on the things that were making life harder.

To provide comprehensive care for children, teenagers, and their families, I pursued interdisciplinary education in Couples and Family Therapy, School Counseling, Play Therapy, Women's Mental Health, and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. My goal was to understand children's development within the context of their families, relationships, schools, and communities.

Today, I'm grateful to work alongside an incredible team of providers at Heart Play Institute. We share one simple goal: helping children enjoy being kids. We want them to feel safe, build meaningful friendships, believe in themselves, and have adults in their lives who understand what they need to thrive.

We also enjoy supporting women throughout motherhood- from pregnancy and postpartum to parenting teenagers and launching young adults. Supporting a child's well-being often begins with supporting you. Therapy and parenting sessions offer dedicated time to focus on yourself. 🩷

We hope to be a trusted resource for your family.

Let's talk soon!
– Tiffany

Masters Degrees, Graduate Certificates, Specializations, and Clinical Training:

• Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, California School of Professional Psychology- Los Angeles- https://www.alliant.edu/marital-and-family-therapy/ma with my 1 Year+ Clinical Practicum working in downtown Los Angeles on Skid Row and Surrounding Areas at https://paralosninos.org/wraparound-support/ receiving specialized training and consultation using Reflective Practice with Sherry Berg, Ph.D., Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist

• Masters in Education, University of Florida- Gainesville- https://education.ufl.edu/program-directory/#graduate, earning a Florida Child Care and Education Program Director’s Credential

• Specialist Graduate Certificate in Infant-Preschooler Mental Health, California School of Professional Psychology- Los Angeles, with an Endorsement as a Transdisciplinary Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner, California Center for IFEC-MH- https://cacenter-ecmh.org/professional-development/endorsees/#Outside%20of%20California

• Graduate Certificate in Play Therapy, University of Central Florida, Orlando- https://www.ucf.edu/degree/play-therapy-certificate/ and 1 Year+ of Graduate Level Courses within University of Central Florida’s Counselor Education & School Psychology Department- https://ccie.ucf.edu/cesp/academics/school-counseling-eds/

• Marriage and Family Therapist Internship- https://www.kinderkonsulting.com

Multidisciplinary Training in Mental Health:

• Women's Mental Health Specialist Certificate- https://www.pesi.com/sales/bh_c_002060_womensmentalhealthspecialist_organic-937251

• Forensic Mental Health Evaluation Workshop, National Board of Forensic Evaluators- https://nbfe.net

• Exercise as Therapy: Evidence-Based Interventions for Enhancing Therapy through Physical Activity- https://www.pesi.com/item/exercise-therapy-evidencebased-interventions-enhancing-act-cbt-physical-activity-156546

• Bank Street's Safe and Sound Schools Conference, Bank Street College of Education in New York, Lesley Koplow, LCSW- https://graduate.bankstreet.edu/educator-resources/conferences-institutes/emotionally-responsive-schools-conference/

• Sand Tray Play Therapy Levels 1 & 2, The Institute of Playful Healing- http://www.instituteofplayfulhealing.com/Trainings.html

• Theraplay Level 1 and MIM- https://theraplay.org

• Telehealth best practices: Working with minors, https://www.joinviolet.com

• Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Web 2.0, https://tfcbt.musc.edu

• Classical Psychoanalytic Theory, https://www.psychstudies.net

• Foundations of Working with Children in Private Practice, https://therapistdevelopmentcenter.com

Professional Background:

• Former Adjunct Instructor, Valencia College, Osceola Campus

• Former Teacher, Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida