Anxiety & OCD
- Anxiety disorders
- OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Misophonia
Kids, Teens & Families
Therapy for kids and teens ages 2–18 and their families — anxiety, OCD, trauma, grief, and the big feelings in between. In person in Draper or Springville, or by telehealth anywhere in Utah. Now welcoming new clients with Christine Madden, LCSW.
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Christine earned her Master of Social Work in 2019 and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and families navigating anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, grief, emotional regulation, and life transitions. She has extensive experience supporting youth and families and is committed to providing affirming, individualized care.
Her background includes work with the Division of Child and Family Services on both permanency and clinical teams, supporting children and families through assessments, evaluations, complex family circumstances, and connection to services. She also spent several years at Utah Valley University training and mentoring future social workers and developing social work programs.
“One of the most important parts of therapy with children and teens is creating a space where they feel safe, understood, and comfortable being themselves. Building a trusting relationship comes first.”
What We Treat
Christine works with children and teens ages 2–18, and their families, across a wide range of concerns — including several that can be hard to find specialised pediatric help for in Utah.
Therapeutic Approach
She works from a strengths-based perspective — helping children and teens recognise the abilities they already have while building new skills to manage difficult emotions, thoughts, and transitions. Therapy is tailored to each child’s age, personality, strengths, and interests, and may include conversation, creative activities, skill-building, movement, and humour. Parents and caregivers are part of the work, so the skills carry into everyday life.
Why Here
Most children’s therapists work alone. Christine sits down the hall from occupational, speech, and physical therapists — so a child whose anxiety is tangled up with sensory processing, or whose frustration is really a communication problem, gets seen by people who talk to each other.
“Working alongside occupational, speech, and physical therapists provides an opportunity to better understand a child’s emotional, social, sensory, communication, and physical needs, and provide coordinated support for both the child and family.”
Child & family therapy at Legendary is private pay — we don’t bill insurance for it. That keeps sessions free of visit limits and diagnosis requirements, and means no surprise coverage denials after the fact.
Current rates are listed in the FAQ below, or call (801) 443-7775 with any questions. Our occupational, speech, and physical therapy services are separate and continue to accept most major Utah plans — see the full list.
Because child & family therapy is self-pay, you have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of the expected charges for your child’s care. We’ll give it to you in writing before your first visit, and you can ask for one before you schedule.
If you are billed for more than your Good Faith Estimate, you may have the right to dispute the bill. If the bill is $400 or more above the estimate, you can start a dispute resolution process with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — within 120 calendar days (about 4 months) of the date on the original bill.
Keep a copy of your Good Faith Estimate in a safe place, or take a picture of it.
For questions about your right to a Good Faith Estimate or the dispute process, visit cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers or call 1-800-985-3059.
Questions Parents Ask
Speech, OT, and PT build skills — communicating, regulating a body, moving through the world. Child & family therapy is mental health therapy for kids, teens, and their parents: it works on what a child feels and believes: worry, anger, sadness, how they see themselves, and how your family handles hard things together.
The two overlap constantly. A child who falls apart at homework may need an OT’s sensory strategies and help with the frustration and shame underneath. Because Christine is in this building, she can talk directly with your child’s OT, SLP, PT, or preschool teacher (with your written consent) so everyone is focused on the same goals.
School counselors do important work, but they support large numbers of students with limited time for any one child. Child & family therapy is dedicated, ongoing clinical therapy with a licensed clinician, focused on your child’s and your family’s specific goals.
Children and teens ages 2–18 — and the parents and siblings who come with them.
Our vision is that everyone who walks through our doors has an exceptional experience, and our purpose is supporting harmony at home. With that in mind, these sessions aren’t just for the child — they’re for the family.
What that might look like in practice: if your child has OT on Tuesday at 4:00, Christine may be able to meet with you during that same hour. Or with both parents. Or with the whole family together, siblings included. You do not need to have a diagnosed problem to get something out of it.
No. Child & family therapy runs out of a separate space and doesn’t use a therapy room or a gym slot. Your current schedule is untouched.
Our contracts with insurance plans cover speech, OT, and PT — they don’t include mental health. Insurers manage mental health through separate behavioral health networks, distinct from rehabilitative therapies like speech, OT, and PT, and we are not currently in network with any of them.
Offering it self-pay means your family can start right away, rather than waiting on the lengthy insurance credentialing process.
We are actively exploring joining behavioral health networks to broaden coverage options, and we’ll share updates as that progresses. We can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to join your insurance plan, and we can’t offer a timeline.
Initial evaluation — 60 minutes · $215
Therapy session — 50 minutes · $165
Group session — 50 minutes · $60 per child
Payment is due at the time of service. We accept HSA and FSA payments and provide itemized receipts for your records.
Before your first visit, you’ll receive a written Good Faith Estimate — see your rights under that estimate.
No. We don’t provide superbills or insurance diagnostic codes, so visits can’t be submitted to insurance for reimbursement or applied toward your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. You can still pay with HSA or FSA funds.
Tell us. Groups are $60 per child, which is a very different monthly number than weekly individual sessions. We also hold a few reduced-fee spots for families who need them, and our billing team can share information about scholarships and grants. We’d much rather have that conversation than have you quietly decide it isn’t for you.
Please let us know before you book, so we can walk you through your county’s behavioral health program options.
50 minutes. What happens inside those 50 minutes changes with what your family needs that week. Sometimes it’s one-on-one with your child, sometimes it’s Christine and the parents without the child, sometimes it’s everyone together. That flexibility is the design, not an afterthought.
Yes. Sessions can be held in person at our Draper or Springville clinic, or by telehealth, as long as your child is in Utah at the time of the session.
Absolutely — we encourage it. We think parents in the room is usually the better way to work, not the exception. You know your child better than anyone here, and what changes at home is what actually matters.
With older kids and teens, Christine sets confidentiality boundaries together with you and your teen at the start, so they can trust the space — and you’ll still be kept up to date on overall progress and themes.
If there is ever a safety concern, parents are always told. That isn’t negotiable.
It depends on your child. After the first visit, Christine will share her initial recommendations, and your family decides when therapy is complete.
No. No referral, no diagnosis, no prior authorization — and you don’t need to be a current Legendary family.
Send us a message through our contact form, email hello@legendarypediatrictherapy.com, call (801) 443-7775, or just ask at the front desk. We’ll answer your questions, and you decide from there.
The first visit is a 60-minute evaluation. Christine will talk with you about your child’s history, what’s going on now, and what you’re hoping will change, then share her initial clinical impressions and a proposed care plan.
Therapy appointments aren’t much use in a crisis. If your child is in immediate danger, call 911.
For urgent mental health support, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential, and staffed 24/7 — call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. It is for any mental health crisis, not only suicide, and parents can call about their child.
988 also answers text and chat, which some teenagers will use when they will not make a phone call.
Start with a free phone consult — no referral needed to ask a question, and no obligation. We’ll help you figure out whether Christine is the right fit, and if we think someone else can help your family better, we’ll tell you that too.
Schedule a Free Phone ConsultOr call (801) 443-7775