Caroline Sanchez, M.Ed., LPC, RPT, TBRI Practitioner.

About Caroline (she/her):

Caroline is an Austin native who is happy to be working in the city she grew up in.  Caroline is mother to a three-year-old and one-year-old twins who she is raising with her partner in a bicultural family.  Caroline’s work with children started in the educational world where she quickly learned her passion was for children’s emotional wellbeing rather than academic growth.  She transitioned from teacher to counselor, where she spent the last 6 years advocating for children’s mental health in the public school setting.  She is excited to be able to fully invest herself in meaningful and intentional work with children and adolescents in the private practice setting. When Caroline is not at the office, she is spending time with family (aka chasing her kids around), doing CG workouts, and trying to keep her vegetable garden alive.

Beliefs about our work together in therapy:

When we ask kids to ‘tell us’ about a problem, we expect them to come into the adult world and communicate on our level.  Instead, play therapy meets the child where they are and gives them toys to use as their words.  Through play, children can work through difficult issues and emotions, building abilities to regulate challenging emotions and increase self-esteem. For older children and adolescents, therapeutic play and art activities help balance the creativity of the right brain with the logical processing of the left brain.  Through this integration, older children and adolescents gain a greater understanding of themselves, building the self-esteem and self-compassion that can be so difficult to maintain during this period of life.  For all ages, I feel strongly about incorporating the practice of mindfulness into our work to assist clients in bringing awareness to their bodies and feelings, while learning to embrace the present with both curiosity and compassion.  Through awareness of our bodies, we can notice our warnings and triggers, and learn to change our behaviors.

Caroline has extensive experience providing counseling services to adolescents and children in a school setting, and experience working with children and adults in the private practice setting.

Therapeutic modalities and experience:

• Registered Play Therapist (RPT) - Play therapy with children

• Activity therapy and expressive arts with adolescents

• Work with children, adolescents, parents, and adults to repair attachment ruptures

• Person-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Counseling, and CBT interventions with adults to support in managing anxiety/depression, navigating life transitions, and exploring attachment patterns

• Parent Coaching/Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator - work with parents to provide psychoeducation around effective parent-child communication and how to address behavioral challenges

• Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner - work with families to understand attachment styles and repair attachment ruptures

• Help children and adolescents learn to cope with school-based stressors

• Offer support to teachers in addressing challenging behaviors at school

• Work with families to navigate school challenges - with 6 years of experience working as a school counselor; Caroline is familiar with the 504, GT, and Special Education systems and what each program offers

• Work with children and adolescents to express anger in a healthy, safe way

• Address challenges with focus and attention

• Work through difficult life transitions such as divorce, loss, or general stress

• Working with children who have witnessed or been victim to violence, or experienced other trauma

• Working with multiples and parents of multiples.

*All services provided have the option of being either in-person or Telehealth*

For scheduling please click the button below or you can reach Caroline directly at caroline@attunedaustin.com

Caroline’s client hours are 10am - 3pm.

Caroline currently has a waiting list for potential new clients.