The Team

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist,  SIT

Therapist Zella Childs, LMFT, has worked with adults, teens, children and families in negotiating life’s transitions since 2010. Zella uses a variety of skills to assist individuals, couples and families build on their strengths and resources to successfully navigate through life’s unexpected events, manage anxiety and depression, or heal from past trauma. Her goal is to help individuals and families find peace, build a stronger sense of Self, 

and return to wholeness.   Zella  is  also  a  trained  Drum  Circle  Facilitator.  

Lisa  Shumay  is  the  newest  member  of  our  therapeutic  team!   She is a graduate student clinician fulfilling her practicum

requirements for  her degree in Counseling and Human Development through Walsh

University. Lisa  takes a collaborative multicultural approach to therapy, working to empower people who have  experienced marginalization in a variety of situations.  She recently completed  the  requirements  to  become  a  Domestic  Violence  Counselor,  is  LGBTQIA  affirming  and  is  a  Parent  Advocate  with 325  hours  of  interdisciplinary  training in serving children with autism and other neurodevelopmental

disabilities by the NvLend program with the Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities at  the  University of Nevada Reno.  She has a special interest in working with  people experiencing faith crises, including mixed faith couples.

We treat adults, couples, and families for anxiety, depression. mood disorders, life challenges, school and behavioral problems, relational issues, and trauma/dissociation related symptoms. 

We continue to offer telehealth services, as needed. Our clinicians can meet you over a HIPAA compliant teletherapy  connection  or  in  the  office.