Kiara Cervantes

Bio

Kiara is a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT) who has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Trauma Therapy, Level 1 training for Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and is a Certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator for premarital counseling. Kiara primarily uses play therapy and family therapy modalities, including Structural and Experiential Family Therapy during sessions.

As a systemic child and family therapist, Kiara prioritizes a strong therapeutic relationship and unconditional positive regard for all clients. Her experiences as an elementary school teacher and licensed foster parent provide a unique understanding and perspective when working with families to meet their therapeutic goals.

Kiara provides individual and family/couples therapy for clients of all ages, including children as young as three, adolescents, and adults. She has experience working with anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, emotional dysregulation, behavioral issues, stress, CBT, ADHD, divorce reactions, grief, developing social skills, impulse control disorders, lack of motivation, oppositional defiance disorders, parenting skills, and school issues. She aims to create an environment of safety and trust where clients of all ages can show up authentically. Kiara has served in various roles in ministry leadership since 2015, and she is able to incorporate spiritual principles into therapy as requested.

Kiara’s therapeutic passion areas include, but are not limited to:

• Play therapy
• Interpersonal conflict and nonviolent communication
• Childhood trauma
• Family structure adjustments (fostering, adoption, divorce and co-parenting, etc.)
• Multicultural and transracial parenting
• Racial and systemic trauma
• Complex trauma

Under the direction of Katie Landers, LPC and clinical supervision of Jessica Hallam Anderson, MS, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S and Dr. Holli Kelley, LMFT