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🌟 🌟 Our Vision is Clear:
Families change, and we change with them.
We believe growth happens when we evolve with each transition, challenge, and change that families face. At YESSS, we are dedicated to creating a compassionate space for children and families to heal, grow, and thrive—through every step of the journey, including grief, loss, and major life transitions.
🌟 Our Mission:
At YESSS, we believe healing happens best when it’s woven into everyday life.
We provide safe, judgment-free spaces where children and families can heal, grow, and thrive through therapeutic play, creative expression, and community support. Our mission is to ensure that no child feels alone, especially in times of grief, loss, or major family changes.
By making grief support and emotional healing accessible within homes, neighborhoods, and communities, we help families navigate the difficult transitions of divorce, death, illness, family separation, and other challenging events. Through a mix of play, school support, family-centered experiences, and community engagement, we help families build stronger bonds, improve communication, and transform grief into opportunities for healing and connection.
Because when families grow together, communities thrive.
🌱 Our Roots:
Founded by a dedicated mother of 6 and grandmother of 9 with over 30 years of experience, YESSS was built on the understanding that families evolve, and so must the spaces that support them. Our founder is a multi-certified child and family therapeutic play practitioner, passionate about making healing accessible, natural, and filled with joy. We specialize in supporting children and families through grief, loss, and other major life transitions—ensuring that each member feels seen, supported, and understood.
🌟 Why We Exist:
Because every child and family deserves a safe place to grieve, heal, and be supported.
Whether it’s through therapeutic play, school support, grief counseling, or family-centered experiences, YESSS exists to guide children and families through their toughest moments—especially during grief, loss, and family upheaval.
We are here to help families rebuild, reconnect, and find healing together, because we believe family healing leads to community strength.
Who Do You Help?
We are here for Youth and their families.
We help them through grief and changing family dynamics.
Do you know what that means?????
We have changing seasons because, they do.
All families experience a Death, have a change in their season.
Have you ever had a hard year?
A time you felt unappreciated as a parent,
Had a baby, Miscarriage,
Big move, lost a job,
Divorce, blending families, division in your family,
A death of a close human or pet?
Then YOU have a changing family we can help.
Call 928-371-PLAY 928-371-7529
Check out the interview with Road Trip Nation. Learn all about Amanda’s journey to starting Mental Heart, the challenges she overcame as an entrepreneur, and the vision she had for her programs.
As Featured On & Proud Member Of
For 2 years Mental Heart ran a beautiful school program called Mindful Hearts Learning Academy Microschool as part of the foundational growth of microschooling in AZ and championing personalized education for young children. In 2025 the crucial decision to transition to a full mental health & school support program in local neighborhoods around Arizona to better assist families in our community right in our neighborhoods who need mental health in all areas home, environment and school support Click to read.
FAQs
We still are confused about what you offer?
We help them through grief and changing family dynamics.
Do you know what that means?????
We have changing seasons because, they do.
All families have a change in their season.
Have you ever had a hard year of emotions
A time you felt unappreciated as a parent,
Had a baby, miscarriage
Relocated
Divorce, blending families, division in your family,
A death of a close human or pet?
Then YOU have a changing family.
Do you sit and talk with my child?
We provide an interactive, hands-on approach in all of our programs. We love talking through play and art. While we do engage in intentional conversation, we aim to authentically get to the core of the child’s emotions with relationship building, observation, scaffolding, and modeling.
Is this therapy or play? Will my child learn?
Though we support with big emotions and challenges our services differ from therapy! Play therapists are hired to guide for you, our therapeutic play helps your child by supporting with you and diving into the situation to support their unique needs and lifestyle. We provide the skills and mentorship.
We use the medium of play because a child’s language is play. Play therapy builds on the instinctual way that children learn about themselves and their relationships in the world around them
Do you offer parent coaching?
Yes, we absolutely do! We recognize that parents need support and healing too, which is why we offer several programs designed to include and engage parents in the healing process. Our approach is family-oriented, and we believe that building connections is key to healing.
Every 4th Friday from 5:00 PM to 7:00PM, we host a Parent-Child Group. The evening begins with a fun and casual time to connect over pizza, punch, and cookies while playing games with your child and other families. Afterward, we split into three groups for more focused conversations: a Parents-Only group, a Youth group (ages 3-8), and a Youth group (ages 9-13). These sessions provide a supportive space for parents to vent, share experiences, and offer mutual support.
To close the session, a parent-child pair volunteers to demonstrate a calming technique, followed by another family sharing something they learned during the evening. Parents also receive additional resources and information on support programs available every session along with appetizers and coffee, drink area.
Do you provide diagnosis or medication?
NO, we are a holistic program and refer out to a licensed therapist, family psychologist, or children’s behavior pediatrician.
Therapeutic play teaches children holistic ways of handling their big emotions and behavior. We do work with ALL children and families including those who are on medication and/or being treated with CBD & THC for medical reasons under a doctor holistic or regular pediatrician.
