Connected Beginnings Family Services, family-centered child psychotherapy serving Raleigh, NC and surrounding area.

Established in 2024 to meet an identified need in the community, Connected Beginnings provides evidence-based child psychotherapy services. Some traditional play therapy providers focus on the child alone; Connected Beginnings serves children in the context of their most important relationships, involving parents in every step of treatment. While honoring confidentiality within the therapist/child relationship, Connected Beginnings acknowledges that meaningful change can only take place by supporting the entire family.

Families come to Connected Beginnings for many reasons. They may have a child whose tantrums and resistance to transitions have become unbearable. They may be experiencing intense family stress such as divorce, loss, or a traumatic experience. Some families come to Connected Beginnings with a child who has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, or Developmental Delays. Some may suspect that the difficulties their child faces are not typical, but don’t yet have a name for these challenges.

While many children will benefit from psychotherapy alone, others need a team approach. Connected Beginnings helps families build this team through accessing skilled community partners in occupational therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, and more.

Parenting may be one of the most rewarding jobs we will ever have, but it is also one of the hardest. Sometimes the distance between what we have envisioned for our families, and what we experience daily, seems impossibly wide.

You are not alone. There are families like yours facing similar challenges who have reached out for help and found support, hope, and relief.

Whatever unique challenges led you here today, I am happy you are here and look forward to connecting with you and your family.

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About Lindsay

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in psychotherapy with young children and their families. I am a registered Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator, a DIR Floortime Practitioner (DIR Basic), and a trainer for Strengthening Families. I have extensive training in many evidence-based child and family therapy models including Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT. I have worked with children and families for about a decade in a variety of settings including childcare, early education, foster care, and therapy. These years of experience, including my experience parenting my own children, has led me to take a play-based and child-led approach to the services I provide families.I grew up in Raleigh, NC, pursued my undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, began graduate school at California State University-Los Angeles, and received my MSW from the University of Oklahoma. I live in Cary, NC with my husband and two sons.

North Carolina LCSW License Number C011789