Jenni Showalter is Clinical Director of Crossroads Family Counseling Center and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the Commonwealth of VA,   a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) and EMDR certified. She specializes in supporting preschool, school-aged, and adolescent children struggling to cope with anxiety, depression, recovery from traumatic experiences and those who are exhibiting behavioral challenges at home and school. She also provides parent coaching and interventions to support youth and families adjusting to changing family dynamics in the home.

Jenni is passionate about play therapy, and as a registered play therapist play and expressive arts interventions are foundational to her provision of treatment. With experience as a clinician in both private practice and community mental health, she has additional formal training in other evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CC-CBT and MATCH-ADTC), trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT),  ACRA (Adolescent Community Rehabilitation Approach for co-occurring disorders) and EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). This training allows her to integrate cognitive and dialectical behavior treatment methods into play-based and expressive clinical interventions to best meet clients and their families’ needs and support them in tangibly improving their lives.

In addition to providing therapy services at Crossroads Family Counseling, Jenni has leadership experience as a clinical supervisor and licensure supervisor in community mental health and as an Early Childhood Pre-K school administrator for FCPS. She uses her clinical expertise, knowledge of county resources, and experience with the school system to help parents navigate the complexity of children experiencing mental health symptoms treatment and its impact across multiple environments to ensure holistic, child-centered mental health care.

Jenni completed her Bachelors degree in Psychology from George Mason University in 2009 and graduated with her Master in Social Work (M.S.W.) from George Mason University in 2013. She also provides supervision for social workers working toward their licensure.

Michelle Walker, LCSW, RPT-S, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Millersville University of Pennsylvania (2011) and a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California (2014). She is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor through the Association for Play Therapy and was recognized as the Virginia Play Therapist of the Year in 2022.

Michelle is the Co-Owner and Co-Founder of Integrated Play Connections Therapy Center, PLLC. Her clinical work is grounded in humanistic theory and centers on young children ages 0–10. She specializes in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), offering developmentally attuned interventions that honor each child’s innate capacity for growth, autonomy, and healing.

Guided by the belief that children thrive within safe, accepting, and responsive relationships, Michelle creates therapeutic environments where self-concept, emotional awareness, regulation, and expressive emotional language emerge naturally through play. She also provides clinical supervision and advanced training for professionals pursuing the Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential, supporting the next generation of play therapists.