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💛 Please join us in welcoming Avery Peffer, MS, LAPC, to the reNEW YOU Counseling & Wellness team! ✨

Avery works with children, pre-teens, teens, and young adults, supporting clients who may be navigating anxiety, OCD, trauma, friendship struggles, family conflict, big emotions, or challenging life transitions.

Her approach is collaborative, compassionate, and individualized. Avery draws from CBT, DBT, Play Therapy, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), along with Brainspotting to support deeper trauma processing.

We especially love Avery’s belief in the importance of early intervention and her commitment to involving caregivers when working with younger clients. Her goal is to help clients build emotional regulation, confidence, self-understanding, and coping skills that carry beyond the therapy room. 💛

Avery is currently seeing clients in our West Chester and Royersford offices, as well as virtually.

Welcome to the reNEW YOU family, Avery! We’re so happy to have you here! 🌿✨

Learn more here: https://renewyoucounseling.org/avery-peffer/

💛 September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month.

When it comes to supporting a young person who may be struggling, you don't need to have all the right answers.

Sometimes, the most important thing you can do is simply start the conversation.

Pay attention to changes in mood or behavior, listen without judgment, and let your teen know that they don't have to navigate difficult feelings alone. Asking, “How are you really doing?” can open a door to connection and support.

We’re sharing this helpful resource from NAMI, “What You Need to Know About Youth Su***de,” for parents, caregivers, educators, and anyone who wants to better understand how to recognize concerns and support a young person who may be struggling.

🔗 Read the resource and learn more: https://www.nami.org/kids-teens-and-young-adults/what-you-need-to-know-about-youth-su***de/

And remember: You don't have to know exactly what to say. You just have to be willing to ask. 💛

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

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What You Need to Know About Youth Su***de | NAMI Understand the warning signs of youth su***de and learn how to respond with compassion, awareness, and access to life-saving support.

Sometimes, you don’t have the words yet. And that’s okay.

Sand Tray Therapy offers a creative, hands-on way to explore emotions, experiences, and relationships through play, symbolism, and imagination.

By creating a world in the sand with miniature figures and objects, children, teens, and adults can express things that may feel difficult to put into words — while creating space for insight, healing, and self-expression. 🤍

Sand tray therapy may be helpful for navigating anxiety and stress, trauma and grief, emotional regulation, self-expression, and confidence.

And the best part? There’s no “right” way to do it. Your sand tray becomes your own unique way of telling your story. 🌱

Curious whether Sand Tray Therapy could be a good fit for you or your child? We’d be happy to help you explore the possibilities.

📍 Available at reNEW YOU Counseling and Wellness
🌐 www.renewyoucounseling.org

A new school year can bring very different feelings for different kids. For some, the first day back brings excitement, new friends, and anticipation. For others, it can bring big worries, sensory overload, separation anxiety, academic stress, or a whole lot of “what ifs?”

And sometimes, those worries aren’t obvious from the outside. 💛

As we head into a new school year, let’s remember that not every child needs the same kind of support to feel safe, confident, and successful. Some may need a little extra patience. Some may need help putting their feelings into words. And some may need a safe space outside of school to work through what they’re carrying.

At reNEW YOU Counseling and Wellness, we’re here to support children, teens, and families through the transitions, challenges, and emotions that come with growing up.

✨ If your child is struggling with the transition back to school—or if you’re noticing changes in their mood, behavior, sleep, or anxiety—you don’t have to wait until things feel overwhelming to reach out.

Here’s to a school year filled with a little more understanding, kindness, and support for every child.

www.renewyoucounseling.org

Parenting a teen can bring some powerful instincts: “I can fix this.” “I can make this easier.” “I can keep them from making the mistakes I made.”

And sometimes, the hardest—and most helpful—thing we can do is pause.

Think about the mistakes you’ve made along the way. So many of them likely taught you something, helped you grow, or shaped the person you are today. Your teen needs opportunities to learn, too.

That doesn’t mean stepping back completely or letting them navigate everything alone. It means being there to listen, guide, support, and help them process—while allowing them the space to make age-appropriate mistakes and discover what they can learn from them.

💚 Sometimes supporting our teens means resisting the urge to fix and instead saying, “I’m here. What do you think you want to do?”

Growing up is a process—for teens and for parents.

🎉 Our West Chester Open House is coming up! 🎉

We’re getting excited to welcome you into our new West Chester space for an afternoon of connection, conversation, and a little fun! 💚

Join us Friday, September 25 from 1–3 PM for our reNEW YOU Open House!

✨ Minis & mocktails
✨ Breakout rooms to learn more about our services
✨ Experience Ayurveda and breathwork practices
✨ Meet members of our team
✨ Explore our new West Chester space

Whether you’re already part of the reNEW YOU community or you’re curious to learn more about who we are and what we offer, we’d love to see you there!

📍 105 East Evans Street, Suite B, West Chester, PA 19380

Please remember to RSVP! You can email [email protected] or scan the QR code on the graphic to let us know you’re coming. We can’t wait to celebrate this new chapter with you! 💚

✨ What if healing didn’t mean forgetting what happened—but feeling less overwhelmed by it?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a research-backed therapy that can help the brain process distressing experiences and reduce the emotional intensity connected to them.

At reNEW YOU, we use a trauma-informed, compassionate approach that meets you where you are and moves at your pace. EMDR can be helpful for trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress, life transitions, and more—and it can be used with children, teens, and adults.

If you’ve been wondering whether EMDR might be a good fit for you or your child, we’d be happy to help you learn more. 💚

Reach out to our team to ask questions or schedule an appointment:
https://renewyoucounseling.org/emdr/

You don’t have to navigate the next step alone. We’re here to help. 🌱

🧩 Sometimes the question isn’t “What’s wrong?” — it’s “What’s going on?”

Psychological testing can help provide answers, clarity, and a better understanding of how someone learns, thinks, processes information, and navigates the world.

At reNEW YOU, we offer psychological assessments for ADHD, autism, and neuropsychological concerns for children, teens, and adults.

✨ Get answers.
✨ Understand yourself better.
✨ Know what support will actually help.

If you’ve been wondering whether testing could provide some much-needed clarity, this might be the time to take the next step.

Check out our website to learn more about what assessments we offer and how to schedule:
https://renewyoucounseling.org/psychological-assessments/

Psychological Assessments - Alexandra Pomponio We are thrilled to announce we now offer neuropsychological evaluations as well as comprehensive psychological assessments for ADHD and autism, offering personalized evaluations to help individuals better understand their neurodiversity. Rachael Keyser, PsyD, offers an approach that integrates clini...

It was a fantastic day with some of our reNEW YOU crew this past weekend, splattering our hearts out! 🫟🎨🖌️

We cranked up our favorite ’90s and 2000s music and just went for it! What a fun way to practice expression, release some stress, embrace creativity, and simply have FUN—together.

At reNEW YOU, we believe in the power of art, creativity, play, and connection. And this weekend, we were lucky enough to experience all four as a team. ❤️

My heart is forever grateful for these little glimmers we get to share together. ✨

Can’t wait for our next one! 🎨🫟