Marriage & Family Therapy – Cindy Hedlin Therapy
Santa Cruz, California LMFT Cindy Hedlin (#147149) operates a private practice at 550 Water Street, Building L, Suite 2, providing online and in-person therapy for children, teens, parents, families, and individual adults throughout California. The practice is reachable for a free initial consultation with no obligation, and practice policy documents along with a Good Faith Estimate are available on the website for prospective clients to review before scheduling.
Clinical services include play therapy for children aged three and older, offered in weekly 45 to 50-minute sessions. Hedlin also provides individual therapy for tweens and teenagers. Social skills play groups for children with challenges such as high-functioning autism and social anxiety are listed on the site as a coming-soon offering. Parenting support groups are available for parents of anxious children, and separate parenting consultation appointments are offered for caregivers seeking guidance outside of a group setting. Individual therapy for adults is described as drawing on insight, art, and play as central therapeutic tools for healing from childhood experiences.
Presenting concerns addressed across age groups include anxiety and phobias, depression, ADHD, parental divorce or separation, sensory differences, trauma, disruptive behaviors, emotional regulation difficulties, and learning disabilities. Hedlin’s approach is described as warm, collaborative, and strengths-based. The practice emphasizes involving parents as active collaborators throughout a child’s treatment rather than working with children in isolation from their caregiving context.
Sessions are available both in person at the Santa Cruz office and via telehealth for clients throughout California. The website does not list accepted insurance plans or session fee schedules. Contact details, scheduling information, and additional practice policies are accessible through the practice website. The inclusion of parenting groups and consultation alongside child-focused individual therapy reflects a family-systems orientation, treating the caregiving environment as integral to a child’s progress rather than a peripheral concern.