Creating a safe place for healing
Kindheart Center offers trauma-informed, heart-centered therapy for children, individuals and families with Wendy Stokesbary, MA, LMHC
In person services are available for Iowa residents; on-line therapy and coaching available to all.
Our Services
Individual Therapy for Children and Adults
Kindheart Center utilizes a variety of therapeutic approaches to ensure your therapy experience is tailored to your needs and goals. Approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based coping skills, EMDR, and motivational interviewing.
We specialize in therapy for children with ADHD, behavioral disorders, oppositional defiance, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences, equipping children with the skills and tools they need to thrive.
Benefits of individual therapy :
Reduced depression and anxiety
Increased self-compassion and self-worth
Healing from post-traumatic stress
Improved emotional regulation skills
Improved relationship functioning
Family Therapy
Parent-Child-Interaction Therapy
(PCIT) helps parents to develop skills to manage disruptive behaviors in young children ages 3-7. PCIT is helpful for conditions like attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADD / ADHD), anxiety, trauma, and oppositional behaviors.
Benefits of child-parent therapy:
Children develop better self-esteem and well-being.
Children demonstrate less frequent and intense disruptive behaviors.
Parents improve their stress management and resilience in the domain of parenting.
Families experience less daily conflict and more harmony in the home.
Yoga and Mindfulness
To more fully resolve the effects of daily stress or lifetime pain from trauma, we must learn to exist in the moment, from within our own body.
Yoga and mindful breathing practices are a foundational way to become centered and compassionate within oneself. Finding comfort and safety within body-based experience is an important part of psychotherapy work at Kindheart Center.
ADHD Coaching and Consultation
Wendy offers specific services for children and adults with attention deficit disorders. Services are provided through insurance based treatment, and through self-pay coaching and consultation.
Interventions include:
Cognitive behavioral therapy to treat negative self perceptions and anxiety associated with ADHD.
Mindful breathing to calm the nervous system.
The development of interoception to improve self-regulation.
Guidance on time management and organizational strategies.
Referral to other providers for nutritional or medication management.
Meet Wendy
Wendy Stokesbary, MA, LMHC, has been a counseling professional for over 30 years. She has worked in community mental health and substance abuse treatment programs for youth and adults before becoming a private practice mental health counselor.
Wendy has specialized training for treating trauma for children and adults, and she has a particular interest in supporting individuals and families who are healing from adverse childhood experiences. Wendy loves seeing the growth in clients as they become more self-aware and less burdened by negative beliefs caused by early adversity as well as present day pressures. She is passionate about bringing the benefits of connection, resilience, and self-efficacy to the families and individuals she serves.
When not at work, Wendy can often be found playing outside, attending live music and theater with her family, or practicing yoga.