Life Chapters Counseling, PLLC

09/17/2025

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟
Our Owner, Heather Pina-McGhee, LPC-S, RPT-S, is now also the co-founder of Mansfield–Arlington Play Therapy Training Center (MAPT Training Center)!

MAPT’s very first training, “Welcome to the Playroom: A Beginner’s Guide to Child-Centered Play Therapy,” will be held November 7–8, 2025 in Mansfield.
This 2-day, 12 CE training is designed for counselors, social workers, psychologists, graduate students, and other mental health professionals who work with children.

✨ Early Bird pricing is available through October 4th — register today!
📌 https://tinyurl.com/3jjyn7mk

We’d love your help spreading the word — please share this with any mental health professionals in your network who may benefit. Together, we can grow play therapy skills in our community! 💙

08/07/2025

✨ Exciting News + A Helpful Update for the New School Year ✨

We’re honored to share that Heather Pina-McGhee, LPC-S, RPT-S was recently named a Mom-Approved Play Therapist by DFWChild Magazine! This recognition means so much to us and truly reflects the trust and relationships we’ve built with families at Life Chapters Counseling 💛

We’re also excited to share an important update for Texas families:
Starting this fall, schools are required to excuse absences for mental health care—just like physical health appointments.

🧠 Thanks to SB 207, students won’t face attendance or academic penalties for taking time off to care for their emotional well-being. To be counted as excused, your child must attend part of the school day before or after the appointment, and you’ll just need a note from their therapist.

This is a big step forward in supporting whole-child wellness, and we’re grateful to walk alongside you every step of the way.
https://dfwchild.com/issues/dfwchild/august-september-2025/

08/02/2025

08/02/2025

08/02/2025

The MISD Back-to-School Bash was a blast! 🎉 We had such a great time connecting with local families, sharing emotion regulation tools, and supporting our amazing community as the new school year kicks off. 💙

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Life Chapters Counseling booth—whether you spun the feelings wheel, grabbed a regulation tool, or just said hello, we’re grateful to be part of this journey with you! ✨

Here’s to a year full of growth, connection, and new chapters. 📘🖊️

08/02/2025

📚🎉 We’re excited to be part of the Mansfield ISD Back to School Bash this Saturday, August 2nd from 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM!

Stop by the Life Chapters Counseling booth to spin our feelings wheel, grab some free regulation tools, and pick up helpful resources for kids, teens, and parents as we head into the new school year.

We’d love to say hello and share how our counselors support children, teens, adults, and families right here in Mansfield. 💛

06/24/2025

Grateful for the opportunity to learn from Dr. Terry Kottman today at the CPT Summer Institute. Her authenticity, energy, and humor brought so much life to the training on Creative Interventions in Adlerian Play Therapy. I left with a mix of playful techniques, creative ideas, and plenty of great stories and laughs 🤣.

It was also a great day to reconnect with other play therapists, colleagues and friends who continue to inspire and encourage meaningful work with children and families.

Thank you to UNT for hosting such a thoughtful and energizing event!

05/19/2025

🎨 Low Cost / Reduced Fee: Play Therapy & Counseling – Ages 4+

Looking for emotional support for your child, teen, or young adult? We’re now offering reduced-fee counseling sessions at Life Chapters Counseling in Mansfield, TX through our graduate student interns — with a special focus on Play Therapy for children ages 4 and up.
Interns will begin seeing clients in just a few short weeks — secure your spot now!

🧸 Play Therapy available for children ages 4+
💬 Support for teens and young adults
✅ $50 per session
🎓 Supervised by a licensed therapist (LPC-S, RPT-S)
💛 Limited sliding scale and free spots available
Our interns are trained in child development and are actively learning Play Therapy skills in a warm, supportive setting. All sessions are in-person and designed to meet each child or teen where they are.
📍 Located in Mansfield
📧 Visit www.lifechapterscounseling.com or call 682-233-5781 to learn more or schedule!

05/17/2025

🌼 Please join us in welcoming Tiffany Fojtasek, LPC to Life Chapters Counseling! 🌼

Tiffany brings warmth, experience, and a calm, grounded presence to her work with tweens, teens, and adults. She is EMDR-trained and specializes in supporting clients through anxiety, trauma, grief, postpartum challenges, and the emotional overwhelm that can come with parenting and life transitions.

She’s now accepting new clients and is passionate about walking alongside individuals as they navigate healing and growth in every stage of life. Whether you're seeking therapy for yourself, your teen, or parenting support, Tiffany offers compassionate, trauma-informed counseling in Mansfield, TX.

✨ Now accepting clients for in-person therapy in Mansfield and telehealth sessions across Texas
📍 Located at 1285 N Main St, Ste 101-13, Mansfield, TX
📞 Call 682-233-5781 Option 3
💻 lifechapterscounseling.com

We’re so grateful to have Tiffany as part of the Life Chapters team! 💛
Reach out today to schedule a free consultation with a therapist in Mansfield who truly meets you where you are.

05/01/2025

💛 We’d be honored to have your support! 💛
DFWChild is now accepting nominations for their 2025 Mom-Approved Wellness Professionals, and Life Chapters Counseling would love to be recognized in the Play Therapy category for the work we do with children and families.

If our practice has made a difference for your family—or you simply believe in what we do—you can nominate us using this quick link:
👉 https://dfwchild.com/momapprovedsurvey

Thank you for supporting Life Chapters Counseling as we help children and families heal, grow, and thrive through play. 💫

04/01/2025

🌟 Now Welcoming Alaina Behan, LPC-Associate, to Life Chapters Counseling in Mansfield, TX! 🌟

Alaina is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Baggerly, LPC-S, RPT-S. She is now accepting new clients at our Mansfield office!

She works with children, teens, and young adults, using developmentally appropriate approaches like play therapy and expressive arts techniques as part of the therapy process.

📍 Mansfield, TX In-Person or Virtual Available
🧸 Play-based and creative counseling for kids, teens, and young adults
📅 Weekend appointments available
🩺 Cigna, Aetna, or private pay

📞 469-304-9510
💻 www.lifechapterscounseling.com

We’re so glad to have her on the team — feel free to reach out or share with someone who may benefit!

03/30/2025

Excited to be diving into Synergetic Play Therapy training this week!
This model integrates the power of play with the wisdom of neuroscience, helping children move through their challenges not just by expressing emotions—but by learning how to regulate their nervous systems in the process.
Synergetic Play Therapy reminds us that it’s not just about the child’s play—it’s about how we show up in the room. Through our own self-awareness, regulation, and authenticity, we become the external regulator children need to feel safe, connected, and seen.
Play is the language of children. Regulation is the path to connection.
So grateful for opportunities to keep growing in ways that support deep, lasting healing—for the kids and families I work with and for myself as a clincian.