Bethany Marie Crile

Bethany enters a child’s inner world with reverence.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, Certified EMDR Therapist, and Reiki Practitioner, she understands that children do not heal through explanation alone — they heal through experience, relationship, and play.

Her work is creative, exploratory, and deeply child-directed. She holds space for children to think, feel, imagine, and make sense of their innermost worlds in ways that feel natural to them. Through play, art, movement, and attuned presence, she helps children strengthen brain–body connection and process traumatic experiences — including pre-verbal trauma — with care and precision.

Bethany believes one of the greatest gifts we can cultivate is awareness. Awareness invites presence. Presence allows growth. And within that growth, children learn to sit with uncomfortable feelings, understand their messages, and make meaningful strides toward healing. In her therapy room, imagination is not dismissed — it is honored as a powerful pathway to resilience.

It is an honor she does not take lightly to be welcomed into a child’s world — a place where creativity soars and big emotions surface bravely. In these shared moments of connection and discovery, children often transcend past adversity and reconnect with their inherent strength.

Bethany sees herself not as the hero of the story, but as an instrument — helping children unlock their unique gifts and potentials. And when that spark of awareness and resilience ignites, something beautiful unfolds.

Healing becomes not just possible — but alive.