Therapy Treatment, Testing, and Consultations from Psychologists for Children, Adolescents, and Families

Updated July 12th, 2019—
FALL GROUPS are HERE !!!

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The Power of Effective Parenting
and a Strong Marriage Workshop
Couples and Parents; Jul 16th, 2019
Join us for an educational evening on taking back the power in your parenting and emotional connection in your marriage. Dr. No Wimpy Parenting is teaming up with Marriage Reclaimed to present an engaging and educational class focused on strengthening your team mindset with your spouse as you parent your children together. Learn more about our Parenting and Marriage Workshop.

Young Children's
Social Skills Group
Ages 4-7; Fall/Winter 2019
Does your preschooler or kindergartner have difficulty making friends? Would your child benefit from recognizing social cues? Does he or she need help expressing emotions appropriately? Has he or she been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, or ADHD? Some children need extra help learning social skills. Through a series of games, role-play, worksheets, videos, and other acticities and projects, your child will enhance social skills and self-esteem. Learn more about our Young Child Social Skills Group.

Elementary School Children's Social Skills Group
Ages 7-10; Fall/Winter 2019
Does your child have difficulty making friends? Would your child benefit from recognizing social cues? Does he or she need extra help expressing emotions appropriately? Does your child report feeling bullied at school or in social situations? Has your child been diagnosed with Social Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, or ADHD? Or is he or she simply shy or socially awkward? Some children need a little help learning social skills. Through a series of games, role-play, worksheets, videos, and projects, your child will enhance social skills and self-esteem. Learn more about our Elementary Child Social Skills Group.

Co-Ed Middle School
Social Skills Group
Ages 11-14; Fall/Winterg 2019
Does your child have difficulty making friends? Has she been described as shy or slow to warm up to people? Has your child been diagnosed with Asperger's, ADHD, or ODD? Does he get into arguments with other children or adults? Does your child have difficulty cooperating with the teacher during classroom activities? Many kids need a little help learning and building social skills. Learn more about teaching youth social skills with our Coed Middle School Social Skills Group.

Teen Life Skills
& Social Skills Group
Ages 14-18; Fall/Winter 2019
Does your teen have trouble making and keeping friends? Does your teenager report feeling bullied at school or in social situations? Does he or she need help expressing emotions appropriately? Are you or your teen worried about the transition to high school and fitting in? Has your teen been diagnosed with Social Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, or ADHD? Or does your teenager shy away from social interactions? High school can be challenging academically and socially. Some teenagers need a little help learning social skills to make the transition easier and the high school years a success! Learn more about our Teenager Social Skills Group.

Teen DBT Group
Grades 9-12; Ongoing 2019
Is your teen struggling with managing his emotions? Is she often overwhelmed or easily upset? Has your teen expressed a sense of emptiness or confusion? Is there frequent family conflict? Is she struggling in her peer relationships? Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidenced-based approach that helps teens learn how to cope with emotions in a healthy and productive manner. DBT is especially helpful for teens diagnosed with anxiety or depression, or for kids struggling with self-harming behaviors such as cutting. Our ongoing DBT group is comprised of four different modules—Mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Learn more about our Teen DBT Group. You can also learn more about Dialectical Behavior Therapy here.

Tween DBT Group
Grades 6-8; Ongoing 2019
Is your tween struggling with managing her emotions? Is he often overwhelmed or easily upset? Has your tween expressed a sense of emptiness or confusion? Is there frequent family conflict? Is he struggling in his peer relationships? Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidenced-based approach that helps tweens learn how to cope with emotions in a healthy and productive manner. DBT is especially helpful for tweens diagnosed with anxiety or depression, or for kids struggling with self-harming behaviors such as cutting. Our ongoing DBT Tween group is comprised of four different modules—Mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Learn more about our Tween DBT Group. You can also learn more about Dialectical Behavior Therapy here.

Young Adult DBT Group
Ages 18-26; Ongoing 2019
Are you a young adult struggling with managing your emotions? Are you often overwhelmed or easily upset? Have you expressed a sense of emptiness or confusion? Is there frequent family conflict? Are you struggling to maintain meaningful peer relationships? Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidenced-based approach that helps young adults learn how to cope with emotions in a healthy and productive manner. DBT is especially helpful for young adults diagnosed with anxiety or depression, or for those struggling with self-harming behaviors such as cutting. Our ongoing DBT Young Adult Group is comprised of four different modules—Mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Learn more about our Young Adult DBT Group. You can also learn more about Dialectical Behavior Therapy here.

Exploring Gender
Identity Group
Ages 15-18; Fall/Winter 2019
Many kids and teens express questions about their gender identity, and are also unclear about differences in gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. If you have a high-school aged teen who has expressed feeling as though they may identify as transgender, gender non-binary, gender fluid, or otherwise feel as though their gender does not match their sex assigned at birth, then this Exploring Gender Identity Group may be for you.

Children's Social Skills
Summer Day Camp
Ages 8-13; Summer 2019
This summer, your child can learn to make and keep friends, develop better conversation skills, enhance his or her self-confidence, learn to handle conflicts peacefully, and continue academic progress. Before heading back to school, many kids could use a little help improving their social skills. This camp will offer a unique blend of role play, games, craft activities, books, videos, modeling, positive reinforcement, communication with parents, and "learning time." Social skills classes and groups provide children with a safe and relaxed environment to practice skills with peers, and receive immediate feedback and coaching. Learn more about our Children's Summer Social Skills Camp.

Young Children's Social Skills
Summer Day Camp
Ages 4-7; Summer 2019
This summer, your child can improve his social skills by practicing conversational skills, greeting people, listening, working together, playing with others in a group, taking turns, and sharing. Before heading back to school, many kids could use a little help improving their play, conversational, and social skills. This camp will offer a unique blend of lessons, activities, games, role play, worksheets, and videos to help enhance social skills and self-esteem. Social skills classes and groups provide children with a safe and relaxed environment to practice skills with peers, and receive immediate feedback and coaching. Learn more about our Young Children's Social Skills Summer Camp.

Teen Activity and Life Skills
Summer Day Camp
Ages 13-18; Summer 2019
Would you like for your teen to get out into the community, have fun with his peers, and further develop his social skills all at the same time? Wynns Family Psychology is pleased to offer an advanced social skills summer camp for teenagers! This week-long, activity-based camp will provide teens with the opportunity to learn and practice social skills in "real time." Using a combination of "in-office" interpersonal group therapy and community-based social activities (bowling, mini-golf, outdoor activities, etc.), this summer camp will help your teen by building self-esteem and improving life skills. Learn more about this training through our Teenager Activity and Life Skills Summer Camp.

Middle School Social Skills
Summer Day Camp
Ages 11-14; Summer 2019
This summer, do you want your middle schooler to learn how to make and keep new friends? Would you like to enhance her self-confidence? Do you want him to learn how to handle conflicts peacefully? Deal with teasing and bullying? Battle peer pressure? Combat social anxiety and fears? Before heading back to school, many tweens can use a little help improving their social skills. This week-long summer day camp offers a fun blend of interactive activities where kids can learn social skills, practice them with peers, and receive real-time coaching and correction from our instructors. Learn more about our Middle School Social Skills Summer Camp.

School Study Skills
Summer Camp
Ages 7-18; Summer 2019
Would you like your child to enhance his performance in school, become prepared for success, AND have fun with his peers at the same time? How about practical strategies to motivate studying, enhance academic intelligence, and improve Emotional Intelligence (EI)? Are EOG’s and final exams right around the corner? Our study skills camps teach a unique blend of basic study skills, higher-level organizational skills, and time management skills to help your child feel more comfortable with and get better grades at school! Whether your child has AD/HD, a Learning Disability, or simply struggles to succeed academically, we can help by teaching study and organizational skills. Learn more about our School Study Skills Camps.

Gifted PLUS Summer Day Camp
Ages 8-12; Summer 2019
This summer, would you like for your child to exercise her mind, improve social skills, AND increase emotional intelligence? We offer this novel experience—combining intellectual, social, and emotional skill-building in one fun day camp! Many gifted kids have emotional sensitivities, anxiety, or social struggles along with their intellectual/academic needs. This week-long, activity-based camp will provide children with the enriching opportunity to engage in fun, intellectually stimulating activities with other gifted peers, while also boosting their social/emotional functioning. Gifted enrichment PLUS emotional intelligence and social skills enhancement in one fun week! Learn more about our Gifted PLUS Summer Day Camp.


Looking for a Psychology Internship?
Wynns Family Psychology offers exciting, high-quality internships for college and graduate students. Master's-Level students may obtain practicum or internship hours with supervision. To apply, email your CV and this application to info@WynnsFamilyPsychology.com.










Should I Send My Child
to Kindergarten Early? What is Kindergarten Readiness Testing?
Early Kindergarten Entry and Redshirting
in North Carolina
Ok, so your preschooler is smart. But what if he misses the August 31st deadline for entering kindergarten? Is he socially ready? What are the signs of kindergarten readiness? And what are the advantages of testing and starting your child early? Will math and reading skills will be tested? Does your child need a high I.Q.? Which learning activities will provide kids with the best preparation before starting school? Should you red-shirt your children by holding them back an extra year? And what is redshirting anyway? Starting kindergarten can be a very intense and confusing topic for parents in the Raleigh, Cary, and Wake County NC area. Dr. Kristen Wynns of Wynns Family Psychology answers your questions, provides advice, and explains how early kindergarten testing works. Learn more about the process, pros and cons, guidelines, and resources for Early Entrance to Kindergarten.











Cary & North Raleigh Office Locations










If you're searching for a child psychologist in North Carolina, now you can visit Wynns Family Psychology – Psychological Solutions for Children, Adolescents and Families at either our Cary NC or North Raleigh location. Our child therapy and testing offices are just off of Cary Parkway and Interstate 540 in Raleigh. So now you have the convenience of local child experts in both Cary and Raleigh!

130 Preston Executive Drive, Suite 202, Cary, NC 27513
9207 Baileywick Road, Suite 203, Raleigh, NC 27615
**Cary Phone: 919.467.7777     
**Raleigh Phone: 919.977.5120
Fax: 855.797.9587
*Email: Info@WynnsFamilyPsychology.com


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Inclement Weather Policy
At Wynns Family Psychology, individual clinicians decide if they are able to come in as scheduled or not. If you haven't heard from your therapist or doctor, please call or email them directly to inquire about any schedule changes or to notify them you are unable to come in due to weather.

Hiring Child and Adolescent Psychologist and Psychiatrist in Cary Raleigh NC
Wynns Family Psychology is looking for experienced child psychologists. We're hiring a child psychologist and hiring a child psychiatrist to work with children, adolescents and teenagers. These child therapy positions and child psychiatry positions are located in Cary NC (close to both Raleigh and the Durham, North Carolina area). Learn more about these NC child psychologist jobs are NC child psychiatrist jobs here.


Wynns Family Psychology Testimonial
"We just want to thank you so much for your encouragement! J is THRIVING in kindergarten and is happy to get on that bus every single day! His first report card was almost all 4's and O's (outstanding), and he received the 'Outstanding Eagle' award (similar to Student of the Month)!!! And he's not even five until next week! We are so happy for him! A million heartfelt thank you's!!! I really struggled with this decision and it has been a blessing, we will be forever grateful!!"

—Parent of a preschooler,
Early entry to kindergarten assessment and consultation

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