The first five years of life are a period of extraordinary growth — nearly 90% of brain development occurs during early childhood. When children experience trauma or prolonged stress, it can disrupt healthy development across physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language domains.
Without early support, these challenges can follow children into later childhood and adulthood. Research shows that early adversity increases the likelihood of long-term emotional and behavioral concerns — making timely, compassionate intervention essential.
Vogel’s Mental Health team provides specialized, trauma-informed treatment for both children and parents — utilizing a multi-generational approach.
Our team provide evidence-based treatment practices to children starting at the age of 3. Our clinicians partner with our teachers and caregivers by providing them with practical coping strategies that are utilized within our classrooms to help reinforce consistency and stability across the child’s environment.
Licensed professional counselors provide on-site, no-cost support to help the whole family process physical, emotional, and psychological trauma through individual and group therapy. We also provide telehealth services to our caregivers as a means to reduce any barriers to treatment. Children are able to engage in multiple types of therapies, including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, dance movement therapy and play therapy.
Our parents can engage in cognitive processing therapy, "EMDR" therapy, "DBT" therapy, and parent-child interactive therapy which are all evidence-based evidence focused treatment modalities.
Together, these services help families build resilience and move forward with confidence.
80%
of homeless children and youth
exhibit symptoms of depression, anxiety,
and/or aggression.
25%
of homeless preschoolers
have mental health struggles
requiring clinical evaluation.
3X
Homeless children have 3X more developmental, emotional,
and behavioral problems.
Safe Conversations is a structured communication process designed to help couples feel heard, understood, and emotionally safe with one another.
Rather than focusing on who is right or wrong, Safe Conversations teaches partners how to slow down, listen without interruption, and respond in ways that reduce defensiveness and conflict.
Participants learn practical tools to navigate difficult topics, repair misunderstandings, and strengthen emotional connection. The goal is not perfection — it’s safety, understanding, and healthier communication patterns that support long-term relationship stability.
In 2025, Vogel opened their brand-new Mental Health Clinic donated by Tom and Karen Falk. The Clinic houses two adult therapy rooms, two play therapy rooms, a school-age therapy room, and a group room. This space allows for professional and confidential therapy services.
Our Mental Health Clinic allows our families a safe, theraputic space, where they can manage stress, strengthen coping skills, and build emotional resilience as they work toward greater stability.
By supporting both parents’ and childrens mental health, Vogel strengthens the entire family system — creating a more stable, nurturing environment where families can learn, grow, and thrive.
For young children, play is a natural and powerful form of communication. Through play, children express emotions, process experiences, and make sense of the world around them.
Vogel’s licensed clinicians help children explore feelings, work through unresolved experiences, and develop healthy coping strategies. In both individual and group settings, children are guided to express themselves in developmentally appropriate ways while learning how to regulate emotions and redirect challenging behaviors.
Therapists also partner closely with classroom teachers and parents, offering practical tools and strategies that support consistency across school and home environments.
Together, these elements create a safe environment where children can heal, grow, and build resilience. For more information about play therapy, please visit UNT's Center For Play Therapy. https://cpt.unt.edu
Children who experience prolonged traumatic stress often develop heightened responses to their environment as a way to protect themselves. Even in safe settings, their bodies and brains may remain on high alert, making it harder to regulate emotions, attention, and behavior.
Vogel’s Behavior Interventionists use action-based learning strategies to support healthy development through movement and sensory engagement. In the Sensory Village — a purpose-built therapeutic space — children participate in guided social and emotional learning activities that promote climbing, swinging, jumping, and balancing on specialized equipment.
These movement-based experiences help strengthen brain connections related to focus, self-regulation, and emotional control, supporting children as they rebuild developmental skills and confidence in a safe, structured environment.
Here at Vogel, so many of our parents feel alone, with no peers available to support them during a traumatic time. These parents have usually experienced events in their lives that can be quite painful emotionally, and it’s difficult not
If you or someone you know needs help right now, call the crisis hotline at 1-888-411-6802.