WELCOME TO SpireTHERAPY
Hi there, and welcome to SpireTHERAPY! I’m Denise Santangelo, founder of SpireTHERAPY and passionate believer that therapy should be practical, empowering, and even a little inspiring. At SpireTHERAPY, we do things differently. We use The Spire METHOD, a comprehensive, curriculum-based therapy program that offers personalized one-on-one therapy for kids ages 4 to 18—and yes, we work with adults, too! But we know therapy isn’t just about what happens in a session. That’s why we also provide dedicated parent support sessions—led by me—to give you real-life strategies you can use at home. These sessions help you reinforce your child’s skills, support their self-regulation, and navigate all the twists and turns life can bring.
Beyond individual therapy, we believe connection heals. That’s why we offer dynamic workshops and group therapy for kids and teens. In these groups, they discover they’re not alone, and they build essential skills like emotional regulation, impulse control, executive function, social skills, and emotional intelligence. Together, they gain confidence and practical tools for everyday life. And we haven’t forgotten about parents! We also offer workshops for parents of adolescents and teens. You’ll learn the same strategies your kids are practicing, so you can support them, reinforce their skills at home, and feel connected to a community of parents on the same journey.
At SpireTHERAPY, we’re here to help your whole family grow, heal, and thrive.
Explore all options for therapy and counseling:
For our younger clients, I have created SpireTHERAPY’s Children’s Institute where our Therapists practice Play Therapy, Art Therapy and Bibliotherapy.
Here at SpireTHERAPY’s Children and Family Institute, I have trained our Therapists in the SpireTHERAPY way, so each Therapist here can and will support and guide your child, adolescent or teen who is struggling with anxiety, social anxiety, emotional dysregulation, depression, mood disorders, PTSD and other trauma-related disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD, ADHD, Tic Disorder and Tourette’s, on their journey towards their best selves.
An integral part of our program is the support we offer the parents of the kiddo in our program who are trying their best to navigate their kiddo’s struggles. To meet this end, we provide parent sessions for the parents so they can build their parenting skills to better navigate some difficult situations and also reinforce at home what their kiddo is learning with us in sessions. This has proven to help the home environment to feel more balanced and calm.
Also, as a New York Attorney, I have worked with families and children going through the divorce and custody process, and I know how difficult it can be. I can help and support your family overcome these struggles, even if divorce is inevitable.
The office is specifically designed as a Play Therapy and Art Therapy room so the younger clients of SpireTHERAPY are in a most therapeutic environment that allows them to thrive!
SpireTHERAPY TRAINED THERAPISTS: I have personally trained the wonderful Therapists who work with the minor-aged clients of SpireTHERAPY’s Children’s Institute. So, they each espouse and utilize the same vision that I had when I started SpireTHERAPY in 2020, allowing your child to thrive with any Therapist that he or she is working with at SpireTHERAPY’s Children’s Institute!
Thrive After 3 - An After School ADHD Program
Thrive After 3 (TA3) is a structured, after-school ADHD skills program built on the trademarked SPIREMethod. Through engaging, small-group sessions led by licensed clinicians and certified ADHD coaches, students strengthen executive functioning, attention, emotional regulation, organization, and impulse control. Parents receive weekly educational resources and bi-weekly coaching to reinforce skills at home. By combining hands-on practice with family support, TA3 helps students build confidence, independence, and lasting skills while creating calmer, more connected family routines.
OPEN ENROLLMENT!
Dynamical Neurofeedback
NeurOptimal®
NeurOptimal® is a brain training method
The software notices small subtle changes in the electrical signal of the brain and creates an interruption in the media stream. This alerts the unconscious brain that change has occurred (we call this ‘information’). The brain responds by adjusting according to that “Information” or interruption by adjusting or becoming more present. This is the way the central nervous system (CNS) normally reacts to change in its environment. NeurOptimal® is communicating mathematically in the same way the CNS intrinsically talks to the body.
