K.P. Wawrzyniak, MSC

Unlicensed Psychotherapist

Owner/Provider

(970) 405-7716

Email: kpwawa@kpjfamilyservices.com

Address: 928 13th st. #4A, Greeley, CO 80631

Thank you for reaching out!

It's great to meet you! FIRST Services can provide you with individual counseling, youth mentoring, Supervised Visits, Therapeutic Supervised Visits, parental support, and support around divorce. I can offer assistance as a parent coordinator/decision-maker, reunification counseling, parental alienation and support for men experiencing depression or having issues controlling anger. If you or someone you know needs support, we are here to help. Please feel free to reach out to me for consultation, guidance and support on your journey to emotional well-being.

I am glad you are reaching out for support for yourself, for someone close to you or somebody you know who is experiencing some challenging life issue, and is need of support. Please keep scrolling to learn more about everything we offer! Feel free to give me a call for a free consultation.

About Me

My name is Keith P. Wawrzyniak Jr., but I prefer to go with KP.

I moved back to Colorado in 1995, after graduating college. My wife and I have three children, one of which is in middle school, another in high school, and another in college. We seem to stay very busy with all their sporting events. We love the mountains and try to make it up there, at least, a few times a year. We love Colorado!

I received my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology in 1994, while living in Virginia, and received my Master's Degree in Science of Counseling in 2009 here in Colorado. The past handful of years, my team and I have, primarily, worked with individuals and families through the Child Welfare system. Prior to that, I had over 10 years of casework experience for Weld County, working within child protection, youth services and adult protective services. I have about 10 years experience working with individuals and families in an acute residential mental health facility, and another seven years in private practice, formerly known as Dynamic Family Design. Of course, some of these years overlapped, otherwise, I would be really old! Through the court system, I have experience as a Parent Coordinate/Decision-maker, Child and Family Investigator and involved in reunification/reintegration. I have been registered as an Unlicensed Psychotherapist for over 10 years. By the time I completed my Masters Degree, and with my experience in private practice and residential mental health, I did not feel the need to pursue my licensure, nor did I want to accrue the additional cost for another piece of paper.

With that said, I thoroughly enjoy what I do by; helping strengthen parent-child relationships, strengthening parenting skills, helping couples get aligned with parenting, whether they are in the same household or separate households, bettering communication between couples and the family as a whole, supporting youth while engaging in some kind of activity, helping strengthen personal confidence and self-esteem,
decreasing insecurities, and supporting men in dealing with and understanding depression.

My Approach

I like to utilize a Solution-focused approach, along with some Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. This will allow you to work on some immediate goals or solutions, followed by the work that needs to be done to develop coping strategies, some insight and work on changing some of the negative or distorted thought patterns that may be the root to what you are experiencing or dealing with. I will support you and listen to your needs, but will also challenge you to do the work and progress at your comfort level.

To the men out there, young and old: We have the highest rates of suicide, possibly due to thinking that counseling is for the weak, and thinkin it is not manly to share our emotions. I get we believe it is our responsibility to take care of and provide for our family, and be strong for our family, but if we are not taking care of ourselves, we cannot effectively take care of others. Your family will appreciate you reaching out for some guidance or support, whether you tell them about it or not. Both you and your family will benefit from this. If giving me a call isn’t your first step, then please get online and meet my friend Dr. Mahogany at Mantherapy.org. He is a funny guy and may be of some support.

More Information

Support/Resources
www.Mantherapy.com
Suicide and crisis lifeline
Dial 988 or text 741741
LGBTQ-Trevor Project
(866) 488-7386 or text 678-678

Rates/Payment Options:

Rates vary per service
Check, Venmo, Paypal, Cash
*We do not take private insurance

Our Services

Individual Counseling

Myself or one of my Colleagues can be available to provide support to you or someone you know in need of emotional support and guidance. You might be experiencing some depression or anxiety. You may be having suicidal thoughts or behaviors. You might be experiencing an internal struggle over something that may be interfering with your focus or daily productivity. Something in your life may be causing you significant stress, where additional coping skills or solutions could benefit you. Or, you just may need an open ear, objective support in your decision-making process of an important decision that you have to make.

(Online sessions available)

Mentoring/Counseling Youth

Myself or one of my Colleagues can be available to provide support to your teenager who has become beyond your control, may be experiencing peer related issues, demonstrating impulsivity or excessive anger or may be engaging in self-harm or having suicidal thoughts or behaviors. As many teenagers struggle with sitting in an office, face to face and talking, I feel it is beneficial to combine office visits with community visits; promoting communication while engaged in an activity.

Reunification/Reintegration

You or someone you know may have been estranged from your child(ren) for some reason. If the Court is involved, it may order that the estranged parent participate in reunification therapy to receive support in being reintroduced to their child(ren). Through observation and
assessment, familiarity and comfortability are reestablished.

Divorce Coaching

This would be for a person who may be considering divorce or may already be separated and in the process of a divorce. You might need some feedback and support for where you are emotionally with this consideration or action on how to proceed. When couples are in strife or already separated, parenting can become even more unbalanced and have an emotional
impact on you and your children

Parenting Coordinator

If you are involved with the Court and you and your ex-spouse are ordered to come up with some parent coordinators to choose from. Whether you are on Our family Wizard or Talking Parents, or neither, I would be able to assist you and the other parent in utilizing more effective communication and objective responses with the topics of disagreement. My support would be based on what would be in the best interest of the child(ren). If high-conflict has been ongoing and decisions can’t be agreed upon between you and the other parent, the Court may order a PC/DM to be involved.

Parenting Coach

The rules, expectations, consequences and/or structure that a parent has created in their home may not be working anymore. Do you find the parenting role of you and your spouse is
unbalanced and this causes conflict between the two of you. Your child/ teenager’s behaviors may have become more challenging or beyond your control, and you don’t know what to do anymore. You may be in involved with the Court system and may want to strengthen your parenting skills, learn parenting skills or validate your parenting skills. I can provide support and education to a parent or caregiver to strengthen parenting skills. Using psychoeducation, I can help a parent to better understand family functioning, child development and the behaviors of
children and youth.

Child/Family Investigation Support

There are times the Court is going to order for a CFI to become involved in your divorce case due to the ongoing conflict and allegations between the parents regarding their parenting or relationships with the children. The CFI is going to investigate each home and report to the Court. This can cause a person stress, anxiety and insecurity because of the unknown, and not knowing what to expect. I have provided support to parents for this, meeting with them a time or two before the investigation begins and maybe during the investigation to educate and help decrease the anxiety and insecurities.

Parental Alienation Support

Parental alienation is where a parent intentionally or unintentionally attempts to turn or coerce their children against the other parent. This, typically, happens after parents have separated and may be making unsupportive, derogatory or coercive statements about the other parent in front of their child(ren) in order for their children to align with them and be less interested in wanting to see the
other parent. This can lead to child estrangement behaviors, where the child(ren) will not be interested in or refusing to see the targeted parent.

Supervised/Therapeutic Visits

If you are a parent who has been estranged from your child(ren) or know a parent who has been estranged from their child(ren), it may be required by the Court or the custodial parent for the visits between the estranged parent and their child(ren) to be supervised by a professional. I am available to provide in-office or community, supervised or therapeutic supervised visits.