"A child's behavior is a language and if one can learn to understand the child's behavior, one can then understand what he/she is trying to tell us."

Paula Manley, a licensed masters clinical social worker, has over 25 years of experience working with children and families.  Her areas of expertise include grief and loss, school issues, divorce ADHD, anxiety and sexual abuse. She offers play therapy with children, individual child, adolescent and adult therapy and family therapy. She has led children's groups dealing with grief, parents' separation and divorce, incarcerated parents, sexual abuse, and substance abuse in the family. She has presented workshops in the community and internationally on topics such as Understanding Sexual Abuse, Stress and Your Child and Helping Parents Cope with the Stresses of a Special Needs Child.

BA Drake University
MSW Western Michigan University

Board Member Calhoun Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Council; Co-Chairperson Calhoun Juvenile Fire Setters Task Force

Member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers; Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work