Depression Treatment Wichita KS

Barb Menninga, L.C.P.C.

(Is no longer active in this practice and is not accepting new patients)

Barb is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor living in Wichita, Kansas. She completed an Associate of Arts degree from St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Education at Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska. After being a teacher for 14 years, she earned her Master’s degree in Counseling at Wichita State University. While Barb has lived in Wichita for the past 20 years, she lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Beatrice, Nebraska and New Orleans, Louisiana before coming to Wichita. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, South Central Kansas Counseling Association, the Association for Play Therapy and the Kansas Association for Play Therapy.

Barb has been a school counselor for the past 8 years and has been a Licensed Professional Counselor for the past 2 ½ years. She completed requirements to become a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in 2008. Barb started a Comprehensive School Counseling Program in the Remington School District in Kansas and also at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School in Wichita. She was also working in Private Practice at Holy Cross during her tenure there.

Barb believes in the inherent good in people and believes that we strive to be the best that we can be throughout life. Counseling is a wonderful, positive tool that she uses to interact and work with those who need help at different times in their lives. Barb finds that the counseling relationship itself is very important and her faith guides her through each counseling experience.

Barb has worked with children, adolescents and adults in past years and currently works with children of all ages and their families in a school setting. Barb is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and has had great success with children’s ability to express and process through use of toys, sand tray, art, music, books. When children can’t tell us verbally how they feel or what they are thinking for many reasons, they are able to show and tell us through the various techniques, toys, and medium used in Play Therapy. Barb continues study and involvement in the field of Brain Development, using a Neurosequential Brain Development Model in her work. Being familiar with this model allows Barb to understand and know what tools to use at different child developmental levels. Barb’s approach is “Child Centered” and “Experiential” which allows her to focus on each child and experience the process with a very diverse population.

Barb provides therapy for children, adolescents, and adults for depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, self-esteem and self-confidence concerns, emotion control and management, communication, and problem solving. She also works with small groups. Barb considers and works with the culture and diversity of family members along with her client.