Coffee & Play with Bridget

Introducing Coffee & Play with Bridget!

Ages 1-3 ... 9am-10am

Ages 4-7 ... 10am-11am

Join Coffee & Play with Bridget Kleitsch, Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in learning new ways to expand upon and grow in parent and child interaction within your own home! Techniques and strategies learned will allow parents to increase confidence in knowing they are meeting their child’s essential needs including safety, social engagement, regulation, and security within play. You can expect to learn strategies to play meaningfully through “notice and nurture,” “hellos and goodbyes,” and “one-on-one fun” with your child as well as addressing difficult behaviors in play to increase both parent and child satisfaction in play with support and guidance from a licensed clinician.

You can expect to enjoy coffee while receiving helpful information from Bridget and then engage with your child in play that is observed and gently guided by Bridget. Your child can expect to have plenty of toys (from Oh Happy Play) to be entertained by and will love your time and attention dedicated to them.

Goals

Offer parents the tools and confidence to play meaningfully with their children in addition to coregulation tools to support emotional peace within their relationships with their children. Parents will leave with tools of sequential play routines of nurture, noticing,  face-to-face connection, and hellos and goodbyes to ultimately feel an increased satisfaction in their parent/child connections and attachments.

About the Instructor

Bridget received her Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science and Family Services from the University of Northern Iowa and her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. Bridget has worked in mental health since 2016 and has been a therapist since 2020. Bridget is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).

Bridget provides office-based, school-based, and virtual counseling services. Bridget has a passion for assisting children (3 & up), adolescents, and adults as well as their families with trauma, attachment, adjustment disorders, relationship stressors, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, impulse control, grief and loss, and anger management.

Bridget is experienced in providing Play Therapy techniques to children 3 & up and is in the process of becoming a Registered Play Therapist (RPT). Bridget is also a Certified Trauma Professional (CTP).