Welcome
Dr. Michelle Perepiczka created a telehealth space where you can come to heal and get unstuck from life’s challenges. Sometimes life hands us more than lemons or a bumpy road. We can run into hard times, emotional stress, destructive relationships, trauma, and unhealthy patterns. If it is time for you to reach out for nonjudgmental help and support, then this may be the place for you.
Michelle Perepiczka, PhD
Dr. Michelle Perepiczka has been practicing since 2007. Dr. Perepiczka is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado and Texas. She views each person as a unique individual who has a story to tell and new chapters to write. She focuses on empowering you to use your strengths and motivating you to reach your goals.
Credentials
▪Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
▪Approved Clinical Supervisor
▪Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor
▪Nationally Certified Counselor
Education
▪Doctorate from Texas A&M University-Commerce
▪Master's from Texas Woman's University with specialization in Play Therapy
▪Undergraduate Degree from University of Texas at Dallas
Services
Counseling
Dr. Perepiczka creates a personalized therapeutic approach for each client to emphasize strengths and assist with the following: ▪Life Transition & Adjustment
▪Anxiety, Panic, Stress, & OCD
▪Mood Disorders
▪Grief, Loss, Trauma, & PTSD
▪Work, Education, & Career
▪Inattention & Productivity
▪Relationships
EMDR
Trauma, challenges, and disruptions in
life can be stored and stuck in the brain. The stuckness can block traumatic or difficult memories from healing resulting in flashbacks, nightmares, traumatic recall, stress, anxiety, depression, and other symptoms. Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy is a type of life experience processing that works to loosen up and unstick blocked and recurring memories. Dr. Perepiczka work's with you through a series of eye movements to activate your brain’s natural ability to heal and be resilient.
Play Therapy
Play Therapy services are also available for children ages 3 and older, as developmentally appropriate for the individual child. Play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. Play therapy utilizes play, children's natural medium of expression, to help them express their feelings and thoughts more easily through toys instead of or in addition to words. Play therapy is more developmentally appropriate for children than talk therapy because it focuses on children’s natural ability to express themselves. Play therapy is offered in combination with parenting support to assist the entire family through problem solving.
Parent-Child Relationships
Building positive relationships with children can be a struggle. Sometimes caregivers would like to further develop an already healthy parent-child relationship. Parent-child relationship building offers parents and caregivers an opportunity to learn basic play therapy techniques to apply with children at home. With the tools learned, parents and caregivers are able to provide emotional support to their children, establish and enhance a healthy parent-child relationship, and create appropriate boundaries. Benefits of utilizing these tools include but are not limited increased positive communication, trust, healthy attachment, and positive discipline.
State Licensure Supervision
Dr. Perepiczka is an Approved Clinical Supervisor for those seeking state licensure post masters within counseling related fields. Dr. Perepiczka can assist clinicians with developing your theoretical approach to counseling, advanced counseling skills, conceptualization skills, case note writing, diagnosis and treatment planning, and interventions such as EMDR, play therapy, or sand play. Dr. Perepiczka believes in supporting developing counselors and helping launch careers.
Play Therapy Supervision
Dr. Perepiczka is an approved Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with the Association for Play Therapy who can provide individual and group supervision for all phases of the training. Dr. Perepiczka can help play therapists in training develop introductory to advanced play therapy skills to effectively work with diverse children who present with a wide range of childhood struggles.Rates and Insurance Acceptance
Both private payments and those from third party insurances are accepted. Below is a list of current in-network participation:
Aetna
BCBS
Beacon
Cigna
Fidelis
HealthFirst
MetroPlus
Northwell Health
United Healthcare
