LET'S BE SOCIAL:
“Compassion and connection – the very things that give purpose and meaning to our lives – can only be learned if they are experienced. And our families are our first opportunities to experience these things.”
– Brene Brown
Meet Kelly Gordon, LCSW
Owner, Embrace Wellness
As a child and adolescent psychotherapist, I specialize in family-centered therapeutic approaches to help parents and their children work through social, emotional, and behavioral issues, such as anxiety and/or trauma-related experiences. I also offer caregiver education programs, as well as parenting support groups, designed to increase awareness, build durable relationships, and promote resiliency.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Clinical Social Work Supervisor in the state of Delaware. I earned my master's degree in social work from the University of Maryland, with a specialization in children and families, and have extensive training in various family-focused treatment models.
Meet Cassidy Bauer, LACMH
Licensed Associate Counselor of Mental Health
Cassidy Bauer works with children and adolescents ages 8–17, while also supporting and collaborating with their caregivers. Cassidy takes a warm, client-centered, and attachment-focused approach to therapy, placing a strong emphasis on building genuine rapport and creating a space where clients feel understood, comfortable, and empowered. She especially enjoys working with clients who may be navigating performance or achievement anxiety, burnout, struggles with confidence, and trauma.
Cassidy uses a combination of CBT, narrative therapy, play therapy, and EMDR, tailoring treatment to each client's individual needs, personality, and goals. She values an approach that is both relational and grounded in science, while leaving room for creativity and flexibility throughout the therapeutic process.
With a degree in Agricultural Biomedical Technology and a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University, Cassidy brings a holistic perspective to her work and recognizes the connection between the mind, body, relationships, and environment.
NURTURING
HEALTHY CONNECTIONS
Children have an innate desire to feel secure. Negative experiences and life changes can impede a child’s feeling of security, leading to fluctuation in mood and an increase in problematic behaviors. Embrace wellness is here to help children and parents promote healthy expression of difficult feelings and experiences, and enhance the connection in the parent-child relationship.
Embrace Wellness finds it vital to form great working relationships with the parent(s) to collaborate on skills to support the child. Therapy approaches include individual, dyadic, family, and group therapy, with integration of expressive arts interventions, such as sand tray therapy and mindfulness approaches, such as yoga. We are neuro-affirming and gender-affirming providers.
