Giselle Garcia

As a Certified Therapist in Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS), Giselle helps children, teens, and families navigate challenging behaviors with compassion and collaboration. Rather than focusing on compliance or discipline, she works to uncover the root causes of a child’s struggles—often lagging skills in areas like flexibility, frustration tolerance, or problem-solving. Through this evidence-based, relationship-centered approach, she empowers families to move from conflict to connection, helping kids feel understood and supported as they grow.

As a certified provider in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), Giselle brings a brain-based, developmentally informed approach to healing. NMT helps uncover how early life experiences—especially trauma and stress—impact brain development and behavior. By understanding each client’s unique neurological story, Giselle tailors treatment to meet them where they are developmentally, not just emotionally. This approach fosters regulation, resilience, and lasting change, especially for children, teens, and families affected by trauma.

Giselle is Certified in the assessment and treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) and is an active member of Postpartum Support International.

As a therapist trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Giselle helps clients explore the different “parts” of themselves with curiosity and compassion. IFS is a powerful, evidence-based model that supports healing by creating more harmony within—especially when clients feel stuck, conflicted, or overwhelmed by inner criticism or emotional pain. Through this gentle, transformative work, clients learn to connect with their core self and build a deeper sense of wholeness, clarity, and inner calm.

Giselle has specialized training in Child Play Therapy through the Canadian Association for Play Therapy, equipping her to support children in expressing themselves through their natural language—play. This developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed approach helps children process big emotions, navigate challenging experiences, and build emotional resilience in a safe, creative, and engaging environment. Whether a child is coping with anxiety, family transitions, or trauma, play therapy creates space for healing and growth in ways words often cannot.

Giselle is trained in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) through the DDP Network, having completed both Level 1 and Level 2 training. DDP is a relationship-based, attachment-focused model designed to support children and families affected by early trauma, loss, or disrupted attachment. Grounded in the principles of safety, connection, and attunement, DDP helps children feel seen and understood while guiding caregivers in creating healing, nurturing relationships. This approach is especially beneficial for families navigating adoption, foster care, or complex developmental histories.

Giselle specializes in couples therapy, with expertise in relationship assessment, treatment planning, and using Gottman tools to help couples realign and grow together.

Giselle has completed Basic Training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) through the EMDR Institute, Inc., with a specialized focus on children and adolescents. EMDR is a highly effective, evidence-based approach for processing traumatic memories, reducing emotional distress, and building resilience. With developmentally attuned strategies, Giselle helps young clients safely work through difficult experiences—such as grief, anxiety, or past trauma—so they can heal, grow, and thrive.

With training in Somatic Experiencing®, Giselle also helps clients tune into their bodies to release stored trauma, regulate the nervous system, and rebuild a felt sense of safety. This body-based work complements talk therapy and is especially helpful for clients experiencing chronic stress, dissociation, or body-based trauma responses.

Giselle is trained in Phase A of the Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Model (ITTM), a trauma-informed, attachment-based approach that begins by supporting the caregiver before engaging the child in trauma work. This model recognizes that healing intergenerational trauma starts with strengthening the caregiver’s own capacity for regulation, reflection, and connection. By helping caregivers process their own trauma and build secure, responsive relationships, ITTM lays the foundation for effective trauma treatment with children and promotes healing across generations.

Giselle offers a culturally attuned approach and, as a heritage Spanish speaker, welcomes clients in both English and Spanish.