Anxiety & OCD
- Anxiety disorders
- OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Misophonia
Mental Health Therapy
Pediatric Mental Health Therapy in Draper, Utah
Therapy for children, teens, and young adults — anxiety, OCD, trauma, grief, and the big feelings in between. Now welcoming new clients with Christine Madden, LCSW.
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Meet Christine Madden, LCSW
Christine earned her Master of Social Work in 2019 and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She works 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
Specialties
Christine works with children, adolescents, and young adults across a wide range of concerns — including several that can be hard to find specialised pediatric help for in Utah.
Mood & Emotional Regulation
- Emotional regulation
- Depression
- Big feelings, anger, and shutdowns
- Self-esteem and identity, including LGBTQIA+ youth
- Building coping skills
Trauma, Grief & Change
- Trauma
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions
- EMDR
Habits & Behaviors
- Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs)
- Hair pulling and skin picking
- Tics and repetitive habits
Therapeutic Approach
How Christine works
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.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Connecting thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in language a child can actually use.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Making room for hard feelings while still moving toward what matters.
- DBT-informed interventionsDistress tolerance and emotion-regulation skills adapted for kids and teens.
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)The gold-standard approach for OCD, delivered at a pace the child sets.
- EMDRProcessing traumatic memories so they stop running the show.
- Mindfulness & strengths-based workStarting from what a child already does well, not what is wrong with them.
- Commitment to Affirming CareActively validating, respecting, and supporting a client’s core identity, culture, and lived experiences.
Why Here
A whole-child team, under one roof
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.”
Private pay
Mental health 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.
Questions Parents Ask
Frequently asked questions
What is mental health therapy for kids, and how is it different from OT, speech, or PT?
Speech, OT, and PT build skills — communicating, regulating a body, moving through the world. Mental health therapy 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 permission) so everyone is focused on the same goals.
Who is mental health therapy for?
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.
How does billing work?
Our contracts with insurance plans cover speech, OT, and PT — they don’t include mental health. At this time we are not in network with any payers for mental or behavioral therapy, and we do not have a specific timeline on changing that.
Mental health at Legendary is, therefore, self-pay only:
Initial evaluation — 60 minutes · $215
Therapy session — 50 minutes · $165
Group session — 50 minutes · $60 per child
All of it is HSA and FSA eligible.
How long is a session, and who’s in the room?
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.
Can I sit in on my child’s 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 teens there’s sometimes value in one-on-one time. Christine will talk that through with you rather than decide it for you.)
Do we need a referral or a diagnosis?
No. No referral, no diagnosis, no prior authorization — and you don’t need to be a current Legendary family.
Will this take away from our OT, speech, or PT time?
No. Mental health runs out of a separate space and doesn’t use a therapy room or a gym slot. Your current schedule is untouched.
What if the cost is a barrier?
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. We’d much rather have that conversation than have you quietly decide it isn’t for you.
How do we get started?
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.
If you need help right now
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.
Ready to talk?
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