Katelyn’s

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Katelyn Macias is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern who specializes in child and adolescent therapy for clients ages 8 through 29. She provides a warm, supportive space where children, teens, young adults, and neurodivergent clients can feel safe expressing themselves, building confidence, and developing healthier ways to cope.

Katelyn supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional overwhelm, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, impulsivity, attachment difficulties, relationship challenges, substance use concerns, neurodivergence-related needs, and life transitions. Her approach is relational, collaborative, and practical, helping clients better understand their emotions, strengthen coping skills, improve communication, and create meaningful change in their daily lives.

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Therapeutic Modalities for Children, Teens, Young Adults, and Neurodivergent Clients

Child and adolescent therapy provides a safe, supportive space for children, teens, and young adults to express emotions, build coping skills, strengthen confidence, and work through challenges in a developmentally appropriate way. Therapy may support concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional regulation, self-harm, impulsivity, peer or family conflict, attachment difficulties, and major life transitions.

  • For younger clients, therapy may include creative and developmentally appropriate interventions that help children express emotions, build confidence, and practice coping skills in ways that feel safe, engaging, and age appropriate.

  • CBT helps clients understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Katelyn uses CBT to support emotional regulation, reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms, challenge negative self-talk, and build practical coping strategies for daily life.

    Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, clients frequently work toward improvements in:

    • Anxiety and stress management

    • Emotional balance and coping skills

    • Communication and relationship concerns

    • Self-esteem and self-confidence

    • Life transitions and decision-making

    • Personal development and recovery-centered goals

    Because SFBT is so adaptable, it integrates seamlessly with trauma-informed counseling and holistic support already offered at Nova Counseling Services.

  • IFS helps clients explore different parts of themselves with curiosity and compassion. This approach supports greater self-awareness, emotional understanding, and healing for clients who feel overwhelmed, conflicted, reactive, or stuck in painful patterns.

  • Katelyn’s work is grounded in safety, trust, and pacing. Trauma-informed care helps clients process difficult or overwhelming experiences without feeling rushed, judged, or pushed beyond what feels manageable.

  • Katelyn believes the therapeutic relationship is an important part of healing. She works collaboratively with clients to build trust, strengthen communication, and create a supportive space where clients feel understood and empowered.

  • When appropriate, Katelyn includes family support to help caregivers better understand the client’s emotional needs, improve communication, and support consistency, connection, and healing outside of session.

  • Katelyn offers supportive therapy for neurodivergent children, teens, and young adults, including clients navigating ADHD, autism-related needs, sensory sensitivities, executive functioning challenges, emotional regulation difficulties, social stress, and identity development. Her approach emphasizes safety, understanding, collaboration, and practical coping tools that honor each client’s unique strengths, needs, and way of experiencing the world.

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How Child & Adolescent Therapy Can Help

Children, teens, and young adults may show emotional distress in different ways. Some may become anxious, withdrawn, irritable, overwhelmed, or disconnected, while others may struggle with emotional outbursts, impulsivity, self-harm, relationship stress, or difficulty coping with change. Child and adolescent therapy provides a safe, supportive space to better understand what is happening beneath the surface and build healthier ways to cope.

Therapy may support:

  • Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm

  • Trauma and difficult life experiences

  • Self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and safety concerns

  • ADHD, autism-related needs, and neurodivergence-related support

  • Sensory sensitivities, executive functioning, and emotional regulation

  • Peer, family, and relationship challenges

  • Low self-esteem, identity development, and life transitions

  • Substance use concerns and risky behaviors

With the right support, children, teens, and young adults can build emotional awareness, strengthen coping skills, improve communication, and develop more confidence in themselves and their relationships.

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Support for Big Feelings, Growing Minds, and Real-Life Challenges

Children, teens, and young adults deserve a safe place to feel understood and supported. Book a child and adolescent therapy session with Katelyn and take the next step toward confidence, coping, and connection.

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