Stefani Rios (She/Her/Hers) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at the Child Therapy Institute’s East Bay Area office located in Antioch. She has been working with children at the Child Therapy Institute since 2019. Stefani was born and raised in the East Bay Area of California. She identifies as Latina/Mexican-American and is a first generation college graduate in her family. She received her Master’s degree in Holistic Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Transpersonal Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in various community mental health settings for over the past nine years. Stefani utilizes an integrative, client-centered approach when engaging in play therapy with her child clients. She has experience providing therapy services in-person and virtually via telehealth services. Stefani has experience working with attachment issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and neurodiversity. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors, gardening, spending time with her pets, and engaging in the creative arts through music, singing, drawing, painting, and dancing.
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”-Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers)