Veronica Tovar
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
14 yrs experience
Updated August 3, 2026 How we verify
About
Veronica Tovar is a Modesto, California native and founder of Breathing Through Counseling & Wellness Services. She is a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) who works with infants, children, adolescents, and their families, using play therapy and trauma-informed approaches. She discovered her focus on children's mental health during an internship supporting women and their children in recovery.
Services
- Child mental health
- Trauma/PTSD
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Behavioral issues
- Depression
- OCD
- School problems
- Self-harm
- Suicidal ideation
- Child-Centered Play Therapy
- Sandplay Therapy
- CBT
- DBT
- Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- TraumaPlay
- Synergetic Play Therapy
- AutPlay Therapy
- FirstPlay Therapy
- Child & Adolescent Therapy
- Play Therapy
State licenses
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California · License #75358 · LCSW Active
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 9 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity anchor, credentials, practice name, specialties, modalities, populations, fees, insurance, session formats, years in practice, education (psychologytoday.com)
NPPES NPI registry
- NPI 1518205236, full legal name Veronica Renee Tovar, LCSW credential, license number 75358 CA, taxonomy Social Worker Clinical, active enumeration status, primary/mailing addresses (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
provider website (About page)
- Education (UC Irvine BA, CSU Stanislaus MSW, Portland State ITMH certificate), RPT credential, trauma-informed yoga certification, play therapy modality list, personal background, headshot photo (breathingthroughcounseling.com)
provider website (home/contact)
- Practice services list, contact phone/email/address (breathingthroughcounseling.com)
- Personal social profile handle matching full legal name Veronica Renee Tovar (instagram.com)
Facebook business page
- Practice Facebook page for Breathing Through Counseling & Wellness Services (facebook.com)
Yelp business listing
- Business listing exists for Veronica Tovar / Breathing Through in Modesto, CA; page could not be fetched directly (403) and no star rating was extractable from search snippets (yelp.com)
directory listing (TherapyFinder)
- Secondary directory listing confirms practice name and location; specialties/fees/insurance not disclosed on this listing (therapyfinder.com)
Zocdoc directory (different provider, used to rule out name collision)
- A distinct provider, Veronica Tovar-Castro, LCSW-C (Maryland), MSW from Simmons University, is a different person and was excluded from this profile (zocdoc.com)