Meet Kathryn Walker, LCSW

Hi! I’m Kathryn, a psychotherapist that specializes and works exclusively with preschoolers to teenagers & those that care for them. I founded Building Blocks Therapy after working with children for over a decade and wanting to create a safe space for children and their families that provided inclusive support all in one space. Being a parent myself, I understand the mental load that parenting takes and when your child, or you, are struggling the last thing you want to do is be a case manager for all the providers in your life.

Kathryn is a licensed clinical social worker with fifteen years of experience working exclusively with children and their families. Kathryn graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with her MSW and completed her training at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia dept. of psychiatry, working primarily in the young child clinic.

Kathryn moved to San Diego where she continued working with young children and their families, this time with the vulnerable population of children in the foster care system.

Kathryn started her private practice in the beautiful city of Encinitas, CA where her work focused on helping young children with anxiety, depression, ocd, adhd, and other behavioral concerns. Kathryn moved back to the east coast with her husband, three kids and two dogs and settled in Fairfield County.

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Meet Emily Farrell, LPCA

Emily is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA) in Connecticut and earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Sacred Heart University. She works with children, teens, and their families navigating anxiety, OCD, school and social challenges, low self-esteem, and major life transitions.

Emily takes a thoughtful, developmentally informed approach to therapy, using evidence-based modalities.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Consultation: To start, we will have a 15 minute free consultation call to see if we are a good fit to work together.

    Intake: If we both decide it’s a good fit and to move forward, we will conduct an intake session. Here we will discuss what brings you and/or your child to therapy, background information, and goals for therapy.

    Individual Therapy Sessions: After the intake we will schedule weekly or bi weekly in person sessions for therapy sessions.

  • When working with children it is so important to always include the parents and guardians. Think of your therapist as a member of your team. That is why we hold parenting sessions every 2-6 weeks pending on various factors such as home stressors, behaviors, diagnosis, etc. We also encourage family sessions when the client is ready for them.

  • We have extensive experience working with children and adolescents and their families and parents. We have worked with children diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, ODD, Depression, family and peer conflicts, Adjustment Disorders related to changes in environments like parent’s divorces, behavioral challenges, peer issues and school behavior problems.

  • We are out of network (OON) providers. We do not accept insurance, but our on staff biller will check your OON benefits via your insurance, and if possible bill your insurance directly through your OON benefits. If that is not possible, we will do complimentary billing, which means our biller will submit your super bill receipts on your behalf to make the potential reimbursement process easier for you. We reccoment always contacting your insurance directly to learn your OON deductible

  • Great question! By not being in network with insurance, it allows us to keep our caseloads intentionally small so we can provide the whole family wrap around services that we are well known for. You and your family get more support, which often leads to shorter time in treatment. We also do not have to provide a diagnosis just for the sake of getting payment from insurance; and we are not limited to specific treatment protocols dictated by insurance providers. We can be more intentional and dedicated during our time working together.

  • Child therapy sessions - $230 / Associate - $200

    Parent Guidance Sessions - $230 / Associate - $200

    SPACE - $300 per session (10 sessions)

    Case Consultation/Management - $100 per half hour

  • Of course! We are also happy to communicate with school professionals as much as needed, whether that is teachers or school psych professionals. We will attend PPT meetings as requested and provide information from a psychological perspective as agreed upon with you before the meeting takes place.