Brave Heart Child & Family Counseling Inc
Helping children ages 4+ and their families navigate medical trauma and anxiety, grief and loss, and overwhelming emotions through play therapy.
Counseling for Medical Anxiety & Trauma
If your child has been through a traumatic medical experience or your child is returning to school after a monthlong hospitalization…
I create a safe space for your child process and understand their stories to develop coping skills for future medical encounters.
Counseling for Grief & Loss
If your child has experienced grief and loss of a significant person, pet, and/or community…
I help your child commemorate and integrate their experiences to create and discover their new normal.
Counseling for Anger Outbursts
Do you feel as though your child constantly melts down, “we’re walking on eggshells”, “nothing we've tried is helping", and you are feeling exhausted trying to help but unsure what they need?
You don't have to figure it out alone.
I help you rediscover peace in your home and family relationships.
Counseling for Anxiety
If it feels like worries are controlling you and your child’s life more often than not…
I offer tools to help your child stay grounded and feel less easily overwhelmed by his or her emotions.
Hello! I’m Belinda Lee.
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT #121127) and a registered play therapist (#T5293) in San Diego, California. I am currently pursuing certification in Somatic Experiencing, which is a trauma-informed theoretical framework.
I am passionate about restoring peace in the home again and helping parents better understand your children’s emotional experiences while simultaneously equipping children to understand and integrate challenging life experiences - whether that is related to medical trauma, grief and loss, anger, or anxiety.
About Play Therapy
My primary approach for working alongside your family and your child in therapy is to use play therapy.
Your child doesn't have to know how to talk about their feelings.
Through play, children naturally express experiences they often can't put into words. Play is a child’s natural medium of self-expression and provides children a chance to explore their feelings and problems, just as adults talk about their experiences and difficulties in therapy. Toys are children’s words, and play is their language, as one of the play therapy founders Gary Landreth says.
The play therapy therapeutic process equips children so they can express themselves in a healthier manner, make more thoughtful, informed choices in their life, and live up to the potential of who they have been created to be.