Empire Therapy & Family Services

We’d like to highlight our staff, Brooke Jacks. Brooke has been with Empire for the last three years and specializes in working with children and teens. Please check out her bio on our website, www.empiretcs.net/brooke and her blog post highlighting how play therapy supports young children.

Check out or new blog post about utilizing the power of play to overcome challenges and set the stage for social emotional growth in children. ✨ &Families

How Play Therapy Supports Young Children When working with young children in a therapeutic environment, play is a major technique that assists clinicians in guiding children.

We are excited to welcome Alysa Asimov to our team for the summer. She will be offering 2 groups at our offices in Ventura. We will be announcing our summer groups next week so stay tuned…

We are excited to announce our summer groups. They will be offered in person at our offices in Ventura. Please reach out to staff facilitating identified groups or check out more information at our website.

Please meet our Licensed Educational Psychologist, Erin Hoganson. Check out her bio on our website. Her availability varies dependent on your assessment needs.

Check out what our staff are doing!! Erin Hoganson, our LEP (Licensed Educational Psychologist), shares information on how to increase happiness and decrease loneliness in children and adolescents.

We would like to introduce our staff, Lucia Shanahan, LCSW. She has availability for in person or telehealth sessions Wednesday or Thursdays at our office in Ventura. Check out more about her in her bio on our website www.empiretcs.net.

We would like to introduce our staff, Lucia Shanahan, LCSW. Lucia has availability for in person and/or telehealth sessions on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please check out her bio on our website www.empiretcs.net.

We would like to introduce therapist and co-owner, Kimberly Prendergast, LMFT. She currently offers in person and telehealth sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. She also has recently started a Mindful Mothers Group which meets in office Monday am. Please check out more about Kim on our website Www.empiretcs.net

November is a month for gratitude. Please check out our newest blog post by Kimberly Prendergast, LMFT.

Gratitude! The Mother of Emotions and how to cultivate this Thanksgiving season. Gratitude is one of the most powerful emotions. It counterbalances anger, diminishes fear, improves our physical health and personal relationships. Gratitude even improves our work performance by increasing a sense of value and increasing motivation. Research in neuroscience has shown that gratitude...

We would like to highlight our staff, Pat Stepler, LMFT. Pat has been with us since 2015. She offers in person and telehealth sessions with availability on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays!

Slow down and reconnect with yourself in our group for new mothers facilitated by Kimberly Prendergast, LMFT.

READ about the unique mental health challenges that can occur during pregnancy and postpartum. WATCH a video to pause and practice mindfulness. Motherhood is a wild ride full of twists and turns. The Empire Maternal Mental Health team is ready to support you on your journey.

How to Enjoy the Ride of Motherhood Having a new baby feels like a non-stop, whirlwind, rollercoaster ride full of twists, turns, loops, and curves. There are exhilarating moments of pure joy, love, and fulfillment. There are also intense drops of isolation and overwhelm. The days are long, and the nights are longer with sleep depriva...

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. We are Kim Prendergast and Wesley Coultas, owners of Empire Therapy & Family Services. After years of experience in the therapeutic community we love being a women owned and women and family supportive business.

🚫 Taking a stand against bullying this National Bullying Prevention Month! Big thanks to our incredible volunteer for raising awareness.

💙 Let's build a world where kindness always wins.

Transitions back to school life can be difficult for all family members. Now that we are a month in check out our blog post, Reflections On Going Back to School, by our Associate, Leana Gutierrez. Also, check out the attached flyer for her new high school group, Adol-sense, starting this month.

Reflections On Going Back To School Each school year comes with its own set of challenges and teens may not be able to understand or articulate their needs very well.

We are excited to announce the start of a new group: Adol-Sense. This group is geared for high school teens ages 14-18 years old. We will meet weekly, in person at our offices in Ventura.