Meet The Founder Mary Kate Robb, LCSW

I am Mary Kate Robb, psychotherapist, parenting counselor, yoga teacher, reiki healer, meditation instructor, and mother of  four young children. 

 

I started my journey towards becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 2004 after I graduated from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. From there, I began teaching at the West Side Montessori School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

 

I always wanted to help children and what better way to help them than through teaching. I fell in love with teaching and the Montessori method and quickly received my Montessori teaching certification.  While teaching at the Whitby School in Greenwich, Connecticut, I realized that all children were marvelous and spectacular.  I noticed that I was drawn most to the children in the classroom who were struggling.  The ones who couldn't regulate their emotions.  I found that their parents were concerned about that too, and found that they wanted desperately to know how to help their child.  So, I set out on a mission to learn how to help children and parents when they were struggling to connect in a positive and harmonious way. 

 

I achieved a Master's degree in Social Work from Fordham University and began working with children on social skills, anxiety reduction and on developing stronger executive functioning skills.  Yoga was always a passion of mine, and I realized that yoga and psychotherapy simply must go together in my work with children and their families; therefore, having completed a 500-hour yoga teacher training program, I am a master yoga teacher and am certified to teach relaxation to children.

 

The Parent & Child Wellness Center was started to connect parents and/or children with appropriate service providers and services, including coaching, psychotherapy, yoga, reiki, mindfulness meditation, EFT, and related workshops. The Company provides this service with compassion, communication, and curiosity. 

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