Children & teens
Developmentally responsive support for emotions, behavior, relationships, change, and difficult experiences.
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Counseling in Garden City, Kansas
A steadier way forward starts here.
Compassionate, evidence-informed therapy for children, teens, adults, and families—with care shaped around your story, strengths, culture, and goals.
In-person and telehealth options · Se habla español
3licensed clinical social workers
2bilingual English/Spanish clinicians
All agesdevelopmentally responsive care
In person + onlinebased on fit and availability
Welcome to Inner Perspective
You do not have to sort through everything alone.
Therapy can offer room to slow down, understand what is happening beneath the surface, and practice new ways of responding to life.
Our clinicians bring distinct areas of training and experience, so care can be matched to your age, needs, language, and treatment goals. We begin with a conversation—not an assumption.
See what therapy with us can look likeHow we can help
Support for real life, at every stage.
Your care plan is built collaboratively and may draw from several therapeutic approaches.
Adult therapy
A confidential space to work through anxiety, depression, stress, grief, identity, relationships, and transitions.
Explore individual therapyTrauma & recovery
Trauma-informed treatment that may include EMDR, IFS, CBT, play-based work, and recovery support.
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Bilingual therapy can make it easier to express emotion, meaning, and lived experience in the language that fits you.
Servicios bilingüesReasons people reach out
There is room for the whole picture.
You may be coping with one clear concern or a mix of experiences that are hard to separate. A first conversation can help organize what matters most.
Anxiety, stress & overwhelm
Understand patterns, build regulation skills, and create more room between what happens and how you respond.
Trauma & difficult experiences
Move at a pace that respects safety, readiness, culture, and the ways the mind and body protect us.
Depression, grief & change
Make space for loss, disconnection, low motivation, or transitions while rebuilding support and direction.
Children, teens & parenting
Use developmentally appropriate care, including play and sandtray when suitable, with caregiver collaboration when helpful.
Relationships & belonging
Explore communication, boundaries, identity, family patterns, conflict, and the need to feel understood.
Substance use & recovery
Receive nonjudgmental support for change, relapse prevention, co-occurring concerns, and a life beyond old patterns.
Our clinicians
Three therapists. One thoughtful standard of care.
Each therapist offers a different blend of experience, methods, and areas of focus.
Vanessa Gaytan
LSCSW · LCAC · RPT™
Bilingual, culturally responsive therapy with specialized training in play therapy, trauma work, addiction treatment, and EMDR.
Children & adultsEnglish / Spanish
Meet Vanessa
Holly Mancillas
LSCSW · LMAC
A compassionate, strengths-based clinician drawing from EMDR, CBT, DBT, IFS, sandtray, and person-centered therapy.
Ages 6+Individuals & couples
Meet Holly
Brenda Hernandez
LSCSW · LCAC
Bilingual, integrative therapy shaped by experience in trauma, substance use, play therapy, EMDR, IFS, and mind-body care.
Across the lifespanEnglish / Spanish
Meet Brenda
Trust through transparency
Care should be easier to evaluate.
Rather than republishing unverified client praise, we make it easier to review each clinician’s license type, public license number, populations served, languages, and treatment approaches.
Client testimonials are especially sensitive in counseling. Any future endorsement should be documented, permissioned, privacy-reviewed, and clear about whether the writer is a client or a professional colleague.
“You can begin without having all the right words.”
Start with what feels possible todayYour first step
A simple, respectful beginning.
Use the guided request to compare age group, language, format, and broad support preferences. Matching happens on your device; sensitive details stay out of the email request.
- See one or two possible clinician matches
- Ask about in-person and telehealth availability
- Confirm insurance or self-pay arrangements before care begins