Patti Baris

About Us

Patti\s practice is in Boca Raton conveniently located off Florida\s Turnpike on Glades Rd. She provides individual, group and family therapy to children adolescents and adults. Patti specializes in Play Therapy helping children in a wide variety of problem areas including anxiety, bullying, divorce, school behavioral issues, trauma, grief, depression, and seperation anxiety. Patti offers Behavioral Observations in Preschool settings and can make behavioral-treatment plan recommendations to teachers, schools and parents. Her extensive experience in the Early Childhood Education field gives her a unique perspective on intervening with behavioral challenges such as biting, hitting, and "temper tantrums". , She is one of the few therapists in the area with intensive training in Maternal and Infant Mental Health. She utilizes her knowledge to provide therapeutic interventions that help mothers alleviate symptoms such as excessive worrying, sadness, irritability, scary intrusive thoughts, guilt, regret or shame during pregnancy and postpartum. , As a Certified FirstPlay® Practitioner, Patti also promotes attachment and bonding in the parent-infant relationship through direct education in the techniques of FirstPlay® Infant Massage Storytelling. Patti has been in the field since 2000 and offers all services in both English and Spanish. Call today to make an appointment