Sulma Rowland

Licensed Psychologist

About Therapy

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.” ― Carl R. Rogers

Helping Navigate Life's Challenges

Whatever issue is bringing you to therapy, I believe you also bring with your own unique strengths and abilities. My approach as a therapist is to first focus on developing a relationship built upon mutual respect that allows you to feel safe, supported, and heard. In sessions, my goal is to empower you to take the lead and choose the direction therapy will take. Therapy is a place where you can explore both your strengths and challenges, ask questions, and take risks.

My therapy approach is client-centered, trauma informed, and strengths based. Most importantly, my approach is tailored to your unique strengths, needs, and goals.

How Can Therapy Help?

Therapy Can Help You:

  • Understand how your past informs your present

  • Identify what you value in your relationships and communicate your wants, needs, and feelings to others

  • Set goals for your life and make plans to achieve them

  • Develop coping strategies to help manage stressors in your life

  • Process traumas and explore feelings of grief

“Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” — Jess Lair, author


Working with Children

Children learn best when they are able to play in the world they inhabit. Play can take many forms, including creative arts and crafts, games, music, imaginative play, and storytelling. Through play children can process significant events, their thoughts and feelings about themselves, their relationships, and the world around them. They can learn to harness their strengths to help them grow, and learn new skills to help them navigate life's messes.

Parents and caregivers are a significant part of their child's world, and that's why I ask that you participate in the therapy process. From the very first session, I welcome parents to share their insights, set goals, and identify their needs in supporting their child's growth.

How Can Therapy Help?

Therapy Can Help Children:

  • Identify how they think and feel about what’s happening in their world, and communicate assertively with their caregivers

  • Learn how to manage big intense emotions

  • Process traumatic events and explore their feelings of grief when they’ve experienced a loss

Therapy Can Help Parents:

  • Develop a greater understanding of your child’s unique strengths and weaknesses, their thoughts, feelings, and identity

  • Learn specific positive parenting techniques to help manage your child’s behavior at home

  • Become a strong advocate for your child in school and other settings