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A licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT). She received her Masters in Counseling Psychology in 2003 and Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1979 from Santa Clara University. She interned at Adolescent Counseling Services in Palo Alto 2002-2006, and Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) 2003-2006, working in middle and high schools providing therapy for adolescents and their parents. She worked with individual adults, couples and families at the CHAC site for five years.

Cecilia has been working with children and adolescents, using play therapy, sand tray therapy and art therapy. Cecilia has experience working with the parents of her clients, involving the family in order to bring about change for the child. This work evolves often into parenting and couples' issues, particularly when the child is manifesting symptoms the family system has produced such as depression, anxiety and poor school performance. Her work at Parenting Plus Child and Family Counseling has involved co-parenting in cases of separation to high conflict divorce. Her present work with children and adolescent always has a family component. High conflict co-parenting is a specialty.

Cecilia is a member of CAMFT (California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy), A4PT (Association for Play Therapy), and AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts).

Cecilia Long, MFT

Parenting Plus Child + Family Counseling Center  |  2875 Middlefield Road, Suite 8, Palo Alto, California 94306  |  650.328.7587 (PLUS)

A licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, (MFT). She received her Masters in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University in 2003. She interned at Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) in Mountain View from 2002 to 2006. She worked at a Los Altos elementary school for those four years offering play therapy for children and a strength based approach for parenting help. She also counseled individual adults and couples at the agency office.

Paula has been conducting child play therapy, adolescent therapy, parent and family therapy since 2002. Paula also has experience in working with individual adults and couples with regard to depression, anxiety, codependency, marital discord, grief and loss associated with separation and/or divorce. High conflict co-parenting is also a specialty. Paula has a developmental, family systems approach to treatment. Even when she works with one person in the family, she keeps the entire family in mind.

Paula is a member of CAMFT (California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy), A4PT (Association for Play Therapy), and AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts).

Paula Shuer, MFT

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