Compassionate Solutions - About Us
Located in Santa Clarita - Providing services to individuals and families in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
Therapists at Compassionate Solutions, located in Santa Clarita, share qualities that elicit a sense of trust and hope in their clients. Honesty, empathy, understanding, and sincere concern provide a strong foundation for the professional relationship and allow clients to develop and practice new skills within the supportive environment of the therapeutic relationship.
A strong knowledge base is another quality of the therapists at Compassionate Solutions. The therapist's skill and experience are necessary tools in helping the client master new behaviors, develop self-confidence, improve motivation, and overcome obstacles. Whether the services involve Educational Psychology, Educational Tutoring, or Marriage and Family Therapy, the therapist's expertise is fundamental to a successful outcome. Each of our therapists has many years of experience in her respective field.
Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP) - Laurie Adachi , Ramona Hall, & Ann Aronin Hausman- provide testing, therapy, consultation, and case management services to families and adults who are in need of educational intervention. They work with children and adults in areas such as learning disabilities, Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, and school adjustment. LEP’s are experts in learning and child development. They observe children in the classroom, attend school meetings with parents, provide information regarding learning styles, and help parents select the right academic setting for their child. As parent consultants, Educational Psychologists help parents develop goals and accommodations for 504 Plans and Special Education Individual Education Plans (IEP's). Services to adults include testing for college level examination accommodations and determination of special needs status for school and occupational settings. Our LEP’s are also trained in the field of School Neuropsychology and perform school neuropsychological evaluations in order to develop academic interventions that match the child’s unique information processing style.
Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT) - Shauna Hoffman & Ann Aronin Hausman - are relationship specialists. They work with individuals, whole families, small groups, and couples in developing better relationships through communication, self-knowledge, personal growth, and understanding. They have expertise in areas of personality development, emotional disorders, family dynamics, divorce, and human growth across the lifespan. MFT’s provide therapy to people who are struggling with all kinds of personal and interpersonal issues. They provide therapy to couples who want to make good relationships better. They also provide support and guidance for couples who are contemplating divorce or who are experiencing marriage problems. MFT’s help individual’s who are dealing with job stress, family difficulties, child behavior problems, or personal growth needs. Therapists work with parents and whole families to help with parenting challenges. MFT’s understand how family systems work and assist families in developing systems that meet the needs of all members.
Educational Tutoring - April Saylor - April Saylor holds a California Clear Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential as well as a Mild/Moderate Special Education Credential. She currently works as a Resource Specialist for a local Santa Clarita School District. In her tutoring work at Compassionate Solutions, she works with students, teachers, and parents of children with mild to moderate learning challenges to close academic gaps in English Language Arts and Math. Besides helping students to master needed academic skills, April's passion is to help students gain confidence in their abilities and take risks and ownership of what they need to do to be academically successful.
She loves working with parents and their children in a team approach to help students who are struggling academically. Her goal is to help elementary students make growth and master skills and standards that had previously been areas of difficulty. April strongly believes when teachers, parents, and students work together on educational goals the student will attain them.