For child therapy in Encinitas, Laura McDaniel, LMFT, holds California license #140983 and an MA in Counseling Psychology with a Depth Psychology emphasis from Pacifica Graduate Institute on Calle Magdalena. Her 10-year clinical trajectory spans behavior intervention in academic settings, school counseling at Oceanside Unified, and play-based psychotherapy for ages five through eleven, generating referral coordination with pediatric providers including Dr. Amanda Terry. Treatment modalities include play therapy, sand tray therapy, and expressive arts targeting ADHD and executive functioning, anxiety, behavioral issues, depression, and emotional regulation challenges. McDaniel's child-centered approach uses family systems theory to address the parent-child dynamic alongside the child's individual sessions, complementing the pediatric movement rehabilitation at Active Wellness Physical Therapy for children with co-occurring sensory or motor coordination challenges. Advanced protocols involve symbolic play interpretation within a depth-psychological framework to surface pre-verbal emotional material in children ages three through five who cannot yet articulate distress verbally.