Godfrey Advanced Psychological Services LLC is a dedicated studio in Bountiful, Utah serving children, adolescents, adults and families. Our clinicians combine structured diagnostic assessment, play and sand tray therapies, and measurable skills programmes so that every person who steps into the tray room leaves with clearer understanding and concrete next steps. Whatever brings you here, whether a young child struggling at school, a teenager carrying worry, or a household that cannot seem to find its rhythm, you will be met with patience, honesty and a plan that you can actually follow at home between sessions.
Stepping through our doors is not like visiting a cold clinic. The room is low and calm, with a sandbox table at its heart, shelves of miniature figures, a quiet tray of water for whenever a scene needs a river, fern plants on the windowsill, and a wall clock that marks each careful hour. That setting is not decoration; it is the method. Children who cannot yet say what hurts can build it with their hands, while adults and couples find that running their fingers through the sand, choosing a single figure, and placing it in the world in front of them says more than a rehearsed speech ever could.
Every corner of the practice returns to the same belief: people change best inside a relationship they trust, using language they already carry, at a pace that respects their season of life. So we begin slowly, look carefully, and write down the goals before we touch the tray. We explain what we see in plain words, and we check your understanding rather than assuming it. When you leave a session you should know what happened, why it happened, and what you are being asked to practise before the next meeting, because therapy that stays secret inside the session room rarely survives the car ride home.
We serve the whole of Bountiful and the wider Davis County, and we welcome families by appointment at our studio on Vista Circle, with a phone number that still answers a real person and an email that the clinic returns within one business day. Our services page walks through every programme in detail, and our contact page is ready whenever you want to begin. Whichever door you come through first, we are glad you found the tray room.
Clear answers matter before any plan is drawn. We run structured evaluation for attention, learning, mood and developmental profiles, pairing standardised tools with observation in the tray. Families receive a written report they can actually use at school and at home, with recommendations ranked by urgency rather than a folder of raw scores.
Full service detailsChildren rarely arrive ready to talk about worry, grief or anger. We meet them where play begins, using sand worlds, miniatures and drawing to let feelings surface safely. Sessions build regulation skills alongside trust, and we check in with caregivers regularly so progress continues between visits rather than existing only inside the tray room.
Full service detailsGrownups also need a table big enough for the whole story. Individual work with our adult clinicians addresses anxiety, depression, life transitions and the patterns that keep showing up in relationships. We take a practical style: each month you leave with a concrete skill, not only an insight, so the hour spills into the rest of the week.
Full service detailsWhen the whole household feels stuck, individual work alone is not enough. We bring parents, siblings or partners to one shared tray where each person places a figure, and the arrangement itself becomes the map of the relationship. Sessions aim for repair and clearer rules everyone can enforce with less heat.
Full service detailsThe sensory heart of our practice. Working in the sand with water, miniatures and tactile objects lets young clients lower defences and show a story the words cannot yet carry. Play based work is shown to improve emotion language and problem solving, and our clinicians are trained to read and gently guide each world the child builds.
Full service detailsSome challenges respond best when the brain learns by doing. Neurofeedback offers guided training sessions to steady attention and regulation, while skills groups practise friendship, emotion and self-control inside a small supervised circle. These structured programmes bring measurable gains that generalise to the classroom and the dinner table.
Full service detailsWe do not guess at healing. Every course opens with a goal and closes with a review, so families always know how far the child has travelled and what remains. Measured progress is our pledge to you.
No one wonders what comes next. Each family moves through five gentle basins, and you always know where you stand and who to ask when you do not.
We gather history and concerns by phone and through a short family meeting, agreeing whether assessment, therapy or a group fits best.
Together we set two or three clear goals, choose the tray scenes and tools, and fix a schedule that respects school and work.
Weekly sessions build skill on skill. Caregiver updates keep the household in step so change sticks between appointments.
Every few months we revisit the goals against fresh measurements and adjust the plan before it drifts from what the family actually needs.
When the goals are met and skills hold on their own, we close with a celebration and a simple maintenance plan for the road ahead.
Godfrey Advanced Psychological Services LLC keeps short intake windows so new families are never left waiting weeks. Tell us what you are hoping to understand or change, and our coordinators will match you with the right clinician within a few days.