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Affirming and Compassionate
Mental Healthcare

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Meet Haley Bring, LCSW

Haley is a licensed clinical social worker who has supported children, teens, adults, and families since 2014. She works primarily with neurodivergent individuals seeking mental health support that respects how their minds work.

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My Approach

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Relationships are a pivotal component to our life experiences and how we view the world. Throughout our life span the relationships and connections we hold shape our beliefs, attitudes and even the “path” we take in life. That is why at Life Pathways Therapy, LLC the relationships you hold within therapy and outside therapy are essential to successful treatment. I deeply value the client – therapist relationship I build with my clients, parents and caregivers during their therapy journey with me. I truly believe healthy, connected relationships can “move mountains” when overcoming personal challenges.
Neurodiversity can be defined as “diversity of human minds with focus on the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning.” – Dr. Nick Walker. If you’d like to read more about Neurodiversity click  here  for an article by Harvard Health.
I believe we are all on a unique journey in life, and all aspects of our personhood holds strengths to aid us in that journey. I honor and embrace the richness neurodivergence brings to our world, and prioritize as a therapist to uphold this and to not diminish the qualities that make a person neurodivergent.

Neurodiversity Affirming

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Services

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  • I typically work with Children, Teens, Adults, Parents and/or Caregivers.

    Areas of Need I Support:

    • Anxiety

      • Selective Mutism

      • Phobias

      • Generalized Anxiety

      • Social Anxiety / Phobia

      • Health / Illness Anxiety

    • ADHD & Executive Functioning

    • OCD

    • Autism & PDA Profile

    • Self-Esteem

    • Life Transitions

      • New School

      • Job Loss

      • Life Altering Health Conditions

    • Social Communication Challenges

    • Parenting

    Caregiver role in their child’s therapy: Caregivers play a vital role in their child or teen’s day to day life, and mental health treatment has the best outcomes when a client is living in a supportive environment. I truly believe parents know their children best; I seek to partner with parents to help create a supportive environment for the success of their child. Therefore, I expect caregivers to be very involved in the therapeutic process.

  • Living with OCD can feel exhausting, often pulling us into cycles of intrusive thoughts, doubt, and rituals meant to give relief. Treatment focuses on gently interrupting that cycle through approaches like Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), while also drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) to help clients relate to thoughts differently and build tolerance for uncertainty. When working with children, I often involve parents through SPACE to help shift patterns at home that may unintentionally keep OCD stuck.

  • Parent Consultation typically is a service that is interwoven within individual therapy with a child client or during parent/child therapy. Depending on the child’s needs, diagnosis, and neurodevelopment, certain coaching methods are used.

    NOTE: If a parent is seeking a few coaching sessions without including their child in formal therapy or parent/child therapy, I will only be taking self-pay for these stand-alone “booster” services at this time. If your child is an existing client while seeking parent coaching, it may be possible through your insurance if the child’s treatment plan is still active. Below are a few of the methods I am trained in:

    • Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model: Click HERE andHERE for more information.

    • SPACE - Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

    • Whole Brain Child Strategies: Click Here

    • Polyvagal Approach 

    • Theraplay

    • Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) : This approach is designed for children ages 2 to 7 years of age. PCIT is an evidence-based treatment for young children with behavioral challenges (please note I do not provide this approach to clients with a confirmed or suspected Autism diagnosis at this time).

  • I have a passion for helping clients navigate any emotional or social challenges that may arise in connection to their neurotype, specifically working with those who are Autistic or with ADHD. My goal is to support client’s, parents’ and/or caregivers’ understanding of neurodivergence and ways to support the client’s development of skills to aid in self-advocacy, autonomy and positive mental health. Treatment methods will vary by client and family need, but I take a brain-based approach. This is represented as honoring sensory needs, utilizing person-centered emotional regulation skill building, supporting caregiver understanding of the client’s neurotype and ways for the caregiver to partner with their child to build a stronger connection, to supporting mutual perspective taking skills and social problem-solving. 

  • I use a person-centered, neurodiversity affirming approach when addressing these needs. Below are the skills I typically support:

    • Building / Maintaining relationships

    • Conflict resolution

    • Social problem-solving

    • Self-Adovcacy

    • Understanding Boundaries

    • Decision-Making Skills

    • Impulse Control

    • Goal Setting

    • Growth Mindset

    • Time Management

    • Self-Monitoring