Issanna Loughman MSW

Child & Adolescent Therapist

Play Therapist

Wakefield/Union Office

Therapy I practice: Play Therapy, Exposure Therapy Sand Tray Therapy, Art Therapy, Coping Skills Training,

Child Parent Relationship Training (CPRT), Behaviorism, Humanistic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy TF-CBT
I specialize in treating: anxiety and depressive disorders, OCD, hair pulling (trichotillomania), ADHD, Arfid, skin picking (excoriation), Sensory Processing Disorder, Insomnia, emotion dysregulation, trauma,

relationships with others, life changes, behavioral outbursts, self-harm, and low self-esteem.
Ages I work with: 3-18: early childhood, children, tweens, all teens
Payment & Insurances I accept:

Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Harvard Pilgrim,
New Hampshire Healthy Families, Wellsense

Self Pay and Out of Network Benefits

Master's in Clinical Social Work: University of Washington Seattle

Grad Certification Program in Play Therapy: Antioch University Seattle
Fellowship: Seattle Children's Hospital

5+ years of mental health field experience (3+ as a therapist), serving youth and families in various settings including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, children's hospital ER, adolescent medicine clinic, and community mental health.

The stressors of life can have profound impacts on youth. I offer children and adolescents (ages 3-18) with compassionate integrative care to meet their unique needs. Sometimes finding the words to express oneself verbally to an adult, as with traditional talk therapy, is challenging for tweens and teens, while young children are not cognitively capable of doing so yet. Therefore, I use many hands-on approaches in practice such as art and music; and various therapeutic modalities.

I strive for therapy to feel like a very safe space, so a client can be their authentic self while healing and growing. I do this by offering unconditional positive regard, kindness, and respect. Working with youth means also providing support to their families. I typically will see youth clients weekly/biweekly and schedule separate family and parenting sessions, as needed.

When not working as a therapist I am enjoying being a mommy, teaching psychology courses as a college professor, cuddling cows, and going on adventures.