Our Team
Betina Myers, LCSW-C, LICSW
Pediatric Psychotherapist and Early Childhood Specialist, DC and MD, In-Person and Telehealth
Community Partnerships And Educational Coordinator
My name is Betina. I specialize in Early Childhood Mental Health and absolutely love supporting families with young children (birth-8).
I consider it an honor to have walked with young children and their families through challenging times for over 10 years. I'm deeply interested in hearing your family's unique story and in working collaboratively to find new ways forward.
Approach
Whether I am working with kids or their grown-ups, we will PAUSE and we will PLAY! We'll work together to build a strong, resilient therapeutic relationship.
With kids, I work from a Child-Centered and somatic/Synergetic Play Therapy® foundation, and incorporate elements of directive play therapy, IFS parts work, sandtray play, and mindfulness practice. With their caregivers and in infant-parent work, I lean on attachment theory, principles of nervous system regulation & polyvagal theory, and Circle of Security® to explore what is automatic in your parenting and open up new choice.
I am also a lifelong student in understanding the ways oppressive systems cause harm and traumatize individuals, family systems, and humans as a collective.
Prior to joining the practice, I worked for many years at The Lourie Center for Children's Social-Emotional Wellness.
Areas Of Focus
Parenting Challenges
Early Childhood Development
Infant Mental Health
Emotion Regulation
Grief and Loss
Acute Trauma
Complex and Developmental Trauma
Generational Trauma
Neurodivergence
LGBTQ+ Children and Families
Family Transitions and Changes
Training
Synergetic Play Therapy®
Somatic Experiencing® Beginning I&II
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Certificate, Washington School of Psychiatry
Registered Circle of Security® Parenting (COSP™) Facilitator
Life Space Crisis Intervention
Child-centered play therapy & Filial play therapy