Change of Pace Christian Counseling Center

08/09/2026

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m excited to share that I now accept insurance for counseling services!
✅ Virtual appointments are available statewide through the scheduling link below.
🏡 For those in Woodford County, I also offer in-home counseling appointments (self-pay only) for individuals who prefer an alternative to telehealth.
If you’ve been considering counseling, I’d be honored to walk alongside you on your journey toward healing, growth, and hope.
Schedule your appointment using the link below:

Danette Barboza, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. MSW (Master of Social Work), Cleveland State University. Accepts Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna.

07/30/2026

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07/20/2026

07/20/2026

The American Academy of Pediatrics' new report on digital ecosystems makes one thing clear: today’s media is designed to capture attention and children are growing up in it.

For young kids, that matters. Their brains are still building skills like focus, self-regulation, and learning through real-world interaction.

Screens can help, but they don’t replace relationships.

Children build resilience through everyday moments: waiting, problem-solving and learning to work through small disappointments. If screens become the default, those opportunities shrink.

And it’s not just how much media kids use. It’s what kind they're watching. Fast, short-form content used alone doesn’t support development the way shared, educational content can.

Read more of our take in Beyond the Headlines: https://bit.ly/4sE61Tr

07/15/2026

Hello! If you are here it’s not a mistake! Everyone including myself has room for growth.

I have worked extensively with families, ‘last chance’ children advocating, teaching, and educating families, children, schools and courts.

I specialise in trauma informed care.

I am a Christian and happy to share your journey with faith and prayer during each session. (If you do not want faith involved, I respect your choice.).

I have experience with the geriatric
population, couples counseling, family counseling, at risk children and individual clients.

Please feel free to email me at [email protected]

07/15/2026

Children need honesty — but they also need protection.

There is a difference between being emotionally available to your child and emotionally unloading onto your child.

Kids are not meant to carry adult stress, adult conflict, adult secrets, or adult pain before their nervous system is ready to understand it.

They need to know:

💛 “The adults are handling this.”
💛 “You are safe.”
💛 “This is not your job to fix.”
💛 “You can be a child here.”

This doesn’t mean we pretend everything is perfect.

It means we share information in a way that is age-appropriate, regulated, and centered on their emotional safety — not our need to vent.

Children should not have to become the emotional support system for the adults in their life.

Protect their childhood.
Protect their nervous system.
Protect their sense of safety.

05/09/2026

For some of you that see the older dates on this page… yes, this has been planted and planned for a while.
I am officially a licensed private practice and able to take clients starting 6/1/2026!!!

08/07/2024

Responsive Parenting Inspirations

04/08/2024

Hello! I’m a Christian travelling therapist with an extensive background in trauma focused therapy, family therapy, at risk children (advocacy in schools and court) to the geriatric population and dementia. I am trained in multiple modalities, including but not limited to: CBT, DBT and TF.

03/26/2024

Healing requires vulnerability