Our Therapists
Meryl Warda, LCSW | Owner
Meryl is the Founder and Clinical Director of Mindful Connections Counseling and Learning Center and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She has devoted her career to supporting children, adolescents, and families, with a longstanding focus on emotional development, relationships, and resilience.
She earned both her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Social Work from Arizona State University. Meryl also completed a two-year post-graduate certificate program in Infant and Toddler Mental Health through the Harris Institute, deepening her expertise in early childhood development and attachment.
In addition to her clinical work, Meryl served as an instructor at Arizona State University, where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate social work students. Her professional background includes extensive experience providing therapy as well as supervising and mentoring clinicians.
Meryl incorporates evidence-based and developmentally appropriate approaches, including EMDR with children, play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, expressive arts therapy, and sand tray techniques.
Glenda Henman, LPC
Glenda is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been working in the mental health field for over 20 years. She provides therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults.
Glenda has specialized training in trauma informed practices as well as Infant/Family Studies, SPACE Parent Treatment and Failure To Launch, Perinatal Mental Health, and Menopause Mental Health. Glenda is also a Registered Circle of Security® Facilitator. Glenda uses a variety of treatment approaches including EMDR, person centered therapy, attachment-based therapy, play therapy, sand tray, expressive arts, mindfulness-based therapy, and CBT.
Her approach to counseling is through a relationship based and neurodevelopmental trauma informed lens. She believes in identifying and building on existing strengths and resilience and partnering with you in learning new skills to support healing and growth.
Stephanie Wogomon, LCSW
Is your child experiencing difficulties with adjustment to difficult experiences, such as trauma, grief or loss? Does your child worry a lot, have constant complaints of not feeling well, separation anxiety, issues forming close relationships or not doing well at school? Do they have a hard time regulating their emotions, act out physically or verbally, have a hard time with respecting authority or struggling with legal issues? What about you as their parent? Do you need support, skills and encouragement to help your child regulate appropriately?
My name is Stephanie and I am a Clinical Social Worker, with experience working with children and families for many years in settings such as child welfare, juvenile justice and county mental health. I have been trained in Trauma Focused CBT, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy and have a Play Therapy Certificate
I know how hard it can be to watch your children struggle. Life can be so hard and causes us difficulties with coping and navigating independently. I am here to help you and your family find balance and peace! Let’s take these next steps together! Can’t wait to hear your story!
