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The Dandelion Difference
We focus on solution-focused supports that are direct and perfect for those adults that prefer not to explore their entire life to get to the answers they need.
- 55 minute intake session- Review background history, concerns and goals
- Weekly 55 minute session to focus on answering your questions and creating solutions
- Weekly emails recapping what we discussed, links to additional information, and homework
- Reports for medical doctors and other professionals as needed
- Quick response to your phone calls and emails
- Achieving goals quickly
* Fees for each session paid separately
Insurance
WE DO NOT participate or bill any insurances. However, sessions might be covered under your plan’s mental health or behavioral health benefits. Please contact your insurance member services for specific questions regarding your plan and what is covered. If desired, we can provide you with a receipt that you can submit to your insurance.
If you choose to submit a claim to your insurance, they will require you to have a diagnosis code which we will provide on your receipts. Please note payment is paid in full at the time of each session.
Michelle Tolison
Alyse Bone
Louisa Penka
Geoff Oman
Mckenzie Holmes
Michelle Tolison
Michelle’s solution-focused approach to therapy:
The Solution-focused approach looks at getting to the root of the challenges as quickly as possible. We dive deep into how your childhood may impact current decisions and frustrations without having to explore every possible connection. We discuss the possibilities and then you can decide which portions you want to further explore. Sometimes the best route of therapy is to recognize the existence of something, and then to move on.
Counseling with Michelle is often a quick process with many adults ‘graduating’ in less than 10 sessions. We focus on specific solutions to challenges- whether that is parenting related, executive coaching for navigating the corporate world, exploring and understanding your ADHD/Autism, or other concerns. We recognize that sometimes therapy can be brief and that is the goal.
Alyse Bone
Alyse’s Yoga & Mindfulness approach to therapy:
The mindfulness approach with yoga techniques is an extension of Mindfulness Based- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which utilizes breathing techniques and meditation to change/rewire neuropathways. Yoga allows children to use their imagination and develop healthy coping skills. Children that struggle with temper tantrums and anxiety often have difficulties regulating their emotions. Meditation, visualization, and breathing within yoga poses allows them to develop these techniques in situations that heighten their emotional response.
Being mindful increases children’s awareness of their emotions and allows them to focus on how they may be feeling or responding to various situations. Mediation or visualization focuses on altering stress responses by promoting stillness of the mind for increased attention. Yoga’s integration of the breath and movement enhances modulation, organization, and as mentioned self-regulation, as well as improves motor planning, balance and strength.
In combination, these are great techniques to utilize with ADHD and Autistic children.
Louisa Penka
Louisa’s Child Centered Play Therapy approach to therapy:
A Child Centered Play Therapy approach focuses on providing opportunities for children to take the lead to work through their emotions and experiences. It is the belief that children naturally know what they need to work on in therapy, but might not know how to implement the skills or changes that are needed to reach their parents’ goals. Louisa acts as an assistant and an advocate for the child as they process and work through their anxiety, anger and other emotions in an approach that is recognized as the most natural form of therapy for children- play!
During the parent sessions, Louisa assists parents in understanding from their child’s point of view how they are handling and working through day to day events. Louisa acts as the voice of the child to better explain what the child cannot yet explain for themselves, while also helping parents navigate the day to day parenting challenges and implementing changes in the home to best set their child up for success.
Geoff Oman
Geoff’s Cognitive- Behavioral Play therapy approach to therapy:
The Cognitive-Behavioral approach focuses on the importance of identifying the thoughts, feelings and experiences that surround the emotions and behaviors that are being targeted. The goal is focusing on supporting the child in understanding others’ perspectives, and identifying their interactions that contributed to the bigger concern. Geoff creates a neurodivergent supportive perspective by both modeling goal behaviors, while also adapting to the child’s unique personality. It is all about supporting the child on being the best version of themself, while gaining confidence and learning boundaries. He also focuses on helping the child with flexible thinking and learning how to share their concerns in a way that both parents and peers understand the child’s biggest needs.
Geoff’s parenting focus comes from being a parent himself. He targets the pain points with a focus on educating and problem solving the challenges of being a 2E parent. Geoff utilizes a direct solution-focused approach while assisting parents to recognize that they are the magic sauce that accelerates the therapeutic process.
Mckenzie Holmes
Mckenzie’s Child-Centered Play Therapy approach to therapy:
The child-centered play therapy approach is all about meeting your child where they are through a non-verbal, play-based experience that enables children to share more than they ever might be able to do verbally. Like adults, children can find it difficult to share their challenges, and they may struggle even more to understand what they are experiencing! Child- centered play therapy allows for them to communicate their deepest struggles without even needing to be aware of the ‘why’ behind their behavior.
During parenting sessions, we will focus on gaining a deeper understanding of how your child’s diagnosis impacts their processing and “functioning” in the world. Additionally, we will work collaboratively to identify how you, as parents, can create an environment that fosters your child’s growth and success. Together, we will critically assess traditional parenting methods that may no longer serve your family’s needs and replace them with evidence-based alternatives and innovative strategies that are better suited to your child’s unique situation. Our sessions will empower you to support your child in a way that promotes resilience and confidence.
Michelle’s Synergetic play therapy approach to therapy:
The Synergetic Play Therapy approach looks at how attachment, emotions, sensory needs and perceptions affect the parent-child relationship. It specifically focuses on helping children repattern their nervous systems, so that they can effectively manage the intensity inside their bodies. This is especially effective for aggressive children, or those with high dysregulation and/or impulsive behaviors. The Synergetic Play Therapy approach recognizes that children will do whatever is necessary to manage the range of emotions and sensations that are arising in their bodies. If it feels as if you are walking on egg shells, then this may be the approach for your child.
For parents- we focus on the impact of perception, the emotions towards how things were ‘suppose to go,’ the developmental stages of growth and change, deeply understanding your child’s diagnosis as well as brain development. Synergetic Play Therapy integrates neuroscience with mindfulness while we integrate emotions, feelings and perceptions to reduce outbursts, meltdowns, emotional extremes and aggression.
Learn more about Michelle.
Robert’s neurobiological approach to therapy:
The neurobiological approach can be considered an extension of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This physiological approach looks at how the neural functioning of neurons and neurotransmitters shape and affect the behavior of a person. In the case of mental health this approach attempts to relate human behavior to electrical and chemical activities that is taking place in the brain and central nervous system. A person’s difficulty in thinking before responding emotionally or behaviorally can be further understood by examining the brain and how people respond under certain conditions like stress, threats, or pleasure.
This approach especially focuses on how learning and the processing of information occurs within the person by looking at how sensory input from the eyes, ears and other sensory organs work and pass information along to the brain. This leads to a greater understanding of how to attract and maintain a learner’s attention. By further understanding sensory information along with any other form of information (and how it is actually processed in the brain) is leading to a greater understanding of such things as the nature of memory, certain behaviors and how to regulate emotional states and functional behavioral responses. Robert uses this neurobiological approach specifically in his work with ADHD and Anxiety, as well as other behavioral issues and parent coaching.
Learn more about Robert.
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Michelle’s Synergetic play therapy approach to therapy:
The Synergetic Play Therapy approach looks at how attachment, emotions, sensory needs and perceptions affect the parent-child relationship. It specifically focuses on helping children repattern their nervous systems, so that they can effectively manage the intensity inside their bodies. This is especially effective for aggressive children, or those with high dysregulation and/or impulsive behaviors. The Synergetic Play Therapy approach recognizes that children will do whatever is necessary to manage the range of emotions and sensations that are arising in their bodies. If it feels as if you are walking on egg shells, then this may be the approach for your child.
For parents- we focus on the impact of perception, the emotions towards how things were ‘suppose to go,’ the developmental stages of growth and change, deeply understanding your child’s diagnosis as well as brain development. Synergetic Play Therapy integrates neuroscience with mindfulness while we integrate emotions, feelings and perceptions to reduce outbursts, meltdowns, emotional extremes and aggression.
Robert’s neurobiological approach to therapy:
The neurobiological approach can be considered an extension of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This physiological approach looks at how the neural functioning of neurons and neurotransmitters shape and affect the behavior of a person. In the case of mental health this approach attempts to relate human behavior to electrical and chemical activities that is taking place in the brain and central nervous system. A person’s difficulty in thinking before responding emotionally or behaviorally can be further understood by examining the brain and how people respond under certain conditions like stress, threats, or pleasure.
This approach especially focuses on how learning and the processing of information occurs within the person by looking at how sensory input from the eyes, ears and other sensory organs work and pass information along to the brain. This leads to a greater understanding of how to attract and maintain a learner’s attention. By further understanding sensory information along with any other form of information (and how it is actually processed in the brain) is leading to a greater understanding of such things as the nature of memory, certain behaviors and how to regulate emotional states and functional behavioral responses.
Robert uses this neurobiological approach specifically in his work with ADHD and Anxiety, as well as other behavioral issues and parent coaching.
Alyse’s Yoga & Mindfulness approach to therapy
The mindfulness approach with yoga techniques is an extension of Mindfulness Based- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which utilizes breathing techniques and meditation to change/rewire neuropathways. Yoga allows children to use their imagination and develop healthy coping skills. Children that struggle with temper tantrums and anxiety often have difficulties regulating their emotions. Meditation, visualization, and breathing within yoga poses allows them to develop these techniques in situations that heighten their emotional response. Being mindful increases children’s awareness of their emotions and allows them to focus on how they may be feeling or responding to various situations. Mediation or visualization focuses on altering stress responses by promoting stillness of the mind for increased attention. Yoga’s integration of the breath and movement enhances modulation, organization, and as mentioned self-regulation, as well as improves motor planning, balance and strength.
In combination, these are great techniques to utilize with children who experience ADHD symptoms and are on the Autism Spectrum.
Ashley’s Mindfulness and Child Centered Play Therapy approach to therapy:
A Child Centered Play Therapy approach is all about meeting your child where they are at in an accepting, nonjudgmental way. Children, like adults, want to be accepted for who they are. I believe in the value, uniqueness, and dignity of every child and family that come through my door. I want to earn your family’s trust in order to help you accomplish your goals.
As a former preschool teacher, I know that fostering a special environment where your child feels safe and accepted is key. Whether it is in a classroom or a counseling office, having a warm, fun, and creative space helps children learn, gain confidence, and explore more about themselves. Your child can work through their frustrations through play, sand tray, and expressive arts activities to explore their deeper emotions. Mindfulness activities, such as deep breathing and visualizations, will help your child learn to better self regulate. Psychoeducation and parent coaching will help round out your family’s counseling experience. I want your family to feel supported and better equipped to handle the joys and challenges your child will experience.