Jeffrey LaPonsie, LMSW-C

Does your hesitant or anxious child have a hard time trying new things? It’s heart-wrenching watching him or her struggle at the sidelines, too nervous to join in. Do you have an adoptive child who is struggling with connecting or is stuck being triggered by things in the past? Jeff LaPonsie helps children with anxiety, trauma, and attachment problems. Jeff helps adopted and foster children connect and form meaningful and secure attachments with caregivers.

Jeff LaPonsie is a clinical social worker who provides child and family counseling in the Kalamazoo, Portage, Mattawan, and South West Michigan areas. He specializes in counseling challenging children and frustrated parents. Jeff received his master’s degree in Social Work at Western Michigan University and has over seven years of experience working with at-risk youth and their families. Jeff LaPonsie provides child and family therapy to behaviorally challenging, anxious, and traumatized kids.

Parents have an amazing ability to be healers in their children’s lives. Jeff has special training and experience in providing trauma-focused therapy to children. He works with children as young as three and especially enjoys working with parents.

Jeff LaPonsie, LMSW specializes in helping anxious children.

His clinical interests include working with children with anxiety and children who are coping with trauma. Additionally, he specializes in providing play therapy to children with attachment problems and their families. Jeff is also nationally certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Jeff is also internationally certified as a therapist and within-agency trainer in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, an evidence-based treatment for children between the ages of 2.5 and 6.5 years old with disruptive behaviors. Jeff also specifically works with children who have been adopted, are being adopted, are placed in guardianship with another adult, or have been in foster care. Jeff LaPonsie can help with the following:

Anxiety, Depression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Adoption, Foster Care, Exposure to Domestic Violence, Attachment Disorders, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Sexual Abuse, Parenting, Play Therapy, Grief and Loss, Medical Trauma

Call 269-615-7637 Ext 1 to schedule an intake with Jeff LaPonsie.