Soul Skills is a Child Life Private Practice that provides innovation in healing to children and families facing adversity.
Our specialists utilize evidenced-based techniques to instill positive coping while building resiliency.
How We Can Help
We offer on-call and on-going therapeutic services to infants, toddlers, adolescents and young adults.
Through our family centered practice, we individualize each care plan to meet the developmental, emotional, and psychosocial needs of the child and family.
Diagnosis Education
Trauma Response
Mental Health Services
Animal Assisted Therapy
Developmental Support
About Us
Soul Skills strives to redefine the approach and availability of psychosocial support with innovation and empathy. Our team of Child Life Specialists, Trauma Specialists and developmental experts have an unwavering commitment to meeting clients where they are developmentally, socially, and emotionally. We prioritize building a genuine connection with each of our clients. This allows us to build a trusting relationship where vulnerability and growth can take place.
“Sara changed our lives. Our child has been working with her for the last 18 months. Sara’s ability to connect with our child is unlike any other. We have seen top psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists prior to meeting with Sara. The progress we have seen in the past 18 months with Sara has been infinitely more impactful than any other service provider.”
Meet Our Specialists
Sara Sefret
Kelli Haley
Developmental Support
Play is the universal language of children. They learn, cope, and heal through play. As Child Life Specialists we are extremely well versed in social, emotional and physical development.
By promoting positive development, we create care plans to help children meet each developmental milestone despite challenges, trauma and adverse experiences.
Trauma Response
When children aren’t given opportunities to process trauma in healthy ways, they become more vulnerable to experiencing mistrust in others, shame around their emotions, self-destructive behaviors, and living life in survival mode.
Soul Skills offers immediate, on scene, and ongoing services in response to any type trauma.
“Pet therapy with Bella has brought our daughter an indescribable amount of joy and motivation. Bella and Sara work weekly with my teenager to build her confidence and better manage her anxiety. It is incredible to see the bond that she has formed not only with Sara, but also with her new best friend, Bella.”
Mental Health Services
Mental Health in children impacts the way they learn, behave, and regulate their emotions. While our team at Soul Skills does not diagnose children with mental health conditions, we strategically partner with psychiatrists and psychologists that do. In collaboration with other mental health professionals, we develop a plan of care to best support your child.
Animal Assisted Therapy
The impact of animal assisted therapy is undeniable. The ability to decrease a child’s anxiety, to make them feel safe, allow them to be vulnerable...that is what it is all about. Involving therapy dogs within our interventions allows us to create a therapeutic alliance that may be challenging to achieve otherwise.
Diagnosis Education
Receiving your child’s diagnosis can be life altering...but it doesn’t have to be.
As Developmental Experts and medical professionals, our role is to explain the diagnosis in a way that is developmentally appropriate, meeting your children exactly where they are at. Our goal is to support you as a caregiver by sharing simple words and concepts to use with your children ultimately promoting positive coping within the entire family.
Questions before getting started?
Our team is here to help.