Dr. Sellwood works with children, adolescents, adults, and families, utilizing evidence based interventions, such as cognitive behavioral and systems theories to help achieve treatment goals.
Dr. Sellwood specializes in working with children and families and has a spectacular play therapy room with a 100 gallon fresh water fish tank that has all kinds of fish, all lovingly named by her young clients. There is also a doll house, a wide variety of art projects, games, handouts to personalize, feeling/thinking/coping visual posters, and a dry erase wall that is used during sessions to visually reinforce therapeutic learning. While anxiety is the most prevalent diagnosis in her practice, Dr. Sellwood also sees kids for issues that include acting out, anger, boundaries, depression, family problems, electronic addictions, obsessive compulsiveness, as well as social/peer relational problems. (See Child and Adolescent Therapy and How Play Therapy Works side tabs for more information).
Dr. Sellwood also provides individual psychotherapy for adults struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma, and other life situations that cause conflict and distress. Her understanding of human interactions and knowledge of how individuals function within dynamic systems allows for effective and powerful interventions. She helps with the reorganization of problems into the development of understanding through effective communication, problem-solving techniques, learning new coping skills, and understanding the cognitive triad of thoughts, feelings, and actions, as they relate to one's belief system and historical narrative. (See Individual Therapy tab for more information).
Dr. Sellwood has garnered respect in her years of working with families who are going through high-conflict divorce. She regularly collaborates with a variety of professionals, including: pediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers, attorneys and judges. Dr. Sellwood also provides mentoring and gives educational talks on a variety of subjects related to the vast field of psychology.
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