Thanks for visiting my page! My name is Elise Kindya, and I am the School Social Work Counselor at St. Andrew's School. I have been with the school since the Fall of 2013. Before coming to St. Andrew's, I worked as an intensive in-home counselor in the Greater Richmond area. Graduating from VCU with an MSW in May 2013, my main professional area of focus is understanding the effects of trauma on the developing brain, and the resiliency that we all possess to overcome obstacles presented by trauma. Currently, I am most interested in how practicing mindfulness can add to our ability to deal with life's ups and downs.