George Enfield
MHR, M.Ed., LPC, RPT-S
George is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in mental health since 1993. During this time, he has focused extensively on the treatment of children. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in Human Relations, and a second master’s degree from Xavier University in Agency and Community Counseling. George has worked in therapeutic nurseries, and community mental health centers, and provided mental health consultation services to Head Start and Early Head Start. His experiences include counseling children in a locked inpatient psychiatric hospital, working in a community-based mental health center, providing debriefing to first responders in the Oklahoma City bombing, and serving as part of a comprehensive assessment team for the treatment of young children.
About Me
George approaches each child and family openly and with a desire to understand the way the child is experiencing the world. George continues to draw on his experiences in play and sand play therapy to join with children to develop a positive therapeutic relationship. This holistic approach has shown positive benefits for many children and families. His attention to the behavioral language of play and other expressive arts has allowed him to develop and translate his unique perspective of the language of play for families. This has been especially true for children with developmental concerns, learning differences, spectrum disorders, anxiety, and trauma histories.
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He has also utilized his experiences in treating children to provide multiple trainings nationally and has been a contributing author to three books. George's training experiences have been at all levels of experience, from childcare providers, and parents to health professionals and state/county organizations. While George has a significant amount of experience with many diverse mental health and training concerns, he is most comfortable and feels the highest degree of success and confidence working with the following concerns: ADHD, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), anxiety, learning differences, early childhood concerns, behavioral implications of sensory integration disorder, child relational issues, oppositional defiant children, postpartum issues, and trauma histories.
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George Enfield has strong ties to clinicians within this community including contacts at state universities that train clinicians. Additionally, George is registered with the state of Virginia as a supervisor, able to immediately sign residency contracts with Residents-in-Counseling to quickly expand Fusion Therapists’ caseload. George also holds the internationally recognized “Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S) credential and can provide supervision for those seeking this much-desired credential.