Daniel J. Gallegos, Jr. Claim

 Dr. Dan is a Licensed Psychologist in NM and Texas.  In addition, he is a Registered Play Therapist – Supervisor, certified by the Association for Play Therapy (www.a4pt.org) in California, and he is a Diplomate in Experiential Play Therapy^®, certified by The Center for Experiential Play Therapy in Colorado (www.experientialplaytherapy.com).

Dr. Dan provides services to young children who are suffering from the disorganizing and dysregulating effects of:

• Trauma (i.e., shame, abuse, neglect, mistreatment, medical, family-of-origin issues)
• Anxiety, Grief and Depression
• Psychological consequences of Developmental Limitations
• Psychological consequences of Health/Medical Issues

Dr. Dan’s services with children aim to restore integrative and regulatory emotional and behavioral functioning typically disrupted by trauma and hurtful/damaging life experiences.  Dr. Dan approaches treatment with children from a developmentally sensitive and Interpersonal Neurobiologically based response set. With children this process is exemplified in experiential play therapy developed by Dr, Byron E. Norton and Dr. Carol C. Norton with Family Psychological Services, P.C. (www.playtherapy.ws), and The Center for Experiential Play Therapy (www.experientialplaytherapy.com). This process also may include attention to childrens’ needs for understanding, support with their grieving, assistance in improving their assertiveness skills, education about the structure and function of their brains, and attention to their struggles regarding individuation typically hindered by “family-of-origin” issues.