 Counseling
• Adult Counseling
 Marriage Counseling
 Individual
• Filial Counseling
• Play Therapy
• Referral Counseling
 Community
• Professional Networking
 Education
• Nutrition
• JuicePlus+
• Skills Training
• More To Come
Learn how we plan to strengthen families, children, and the community
by learning who we are!
Clinical Director, President of Acorn Counseling
 Christy
Graham, LPC Supervisor, Registered Play
Therapist Supervisor
• Experience
 Licensed since the last century
 MHMR, Residential Experience
 Testifies for High Conflict Divorce Cases
• Mom of 3, Married for almost 20 years [to the same guy]
• Vision
 Sees Acorn as a community focused center that can serve mid to
upper income families holistically
 Develop Christian therapists who use scientific and religious based
interventions, based on client goals
Experienced Reunification Counselor from Oklahoma
Fully Licensed
Mom
Experienced with adolescent and adult therapy
Wife, Mom to 2 teens
Adoptive Parent
Works at Youth and Family Services as well
Trained in Gottman Marriage Counseling
Wife, Mom {High Schooler and a College Student}
Experienced group leader and play therapist
Middle School STEM Teacher at Bettye Myers
Bilingual counselor at Abigail’s Arms
Wife, Mom to 5 children
Full Time in the Summer at Acorn
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 Suicide
rates for children under 12 are fairly
low
 Issues that contribute to suicide and
depression are present in children under 12
 How can we protect children through
counseling, parenting, and education from
suicide?
 Denton Born, Denton Studied
 Center for Play Therapy is creating
a certification
program for training professionals in this
modality.
 CDC is close to identifying this as an Evidence
Based Intervention for children.
 Studies show it is more effective than Conscious
Discipline AND PLAY THERAPY in several areas.
 Taught in 10 sessions. COST EFFECTIVE
 Developmentally and culturally sensitive
intervention
*Parent or Teacher
 Didactic
Teaching of Skills
• Active Listening Skills
• Identifying Emotion through faces
• Encouragement VS Praise
• ACT before its too late!
 Experiential
Teaching of Skills
• Includes a group dynamic
• In the group dynamic, there are role playing, modelling
exercises.
• Practicum portion:
 Child of Focus
 Videotaped Special Play Time
 Group Supervision
 THIS
IS THE GAME CHANGER!!!
 Acorn
loves to educate
• Parents
• Caregivers
• Professionals
 Acorn
creates community
• Network with great professionals
• Connect to professionals thru good continuity of care
• Create lasting relationships with caregivers,
professional and personal, that benefit client for years
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