Child Therapy and Teen Counseling
Your child may be struggling with recent changes in their life, such as a new school, loss of a loved one, or a new family situation. As a result, they may be experiencing new and overwhelming emotions.
Children experience all the emotions that adults do, such as sadness, depression, grief, anxiety, trauma, and more. The difference is that they often struggle to understand these emotions and they often express emotions differently than adults. This makes it difficult to know what is really going on with your child and talk with them about it.
What is most likely to happen is that you may see your child’s behaviors change in unexplained ways. For example, their emotions might be out of control when they were previously a “laid back” kid, or their sleeping habits might be interrupted although they’ve always been a great sleeper.
These are some of the problems we commonly see in therapy with children:
- Bullying or being bullied by others
- Struggling at school, recent drop in grades
- Difficulty making friends or interacting with peers
- Trouble adjusting to recent life or family changes
- Withdrawing from family members
- Uncontrollable or misplaced anger
- Difficulty managing and expressing emotions
- Feelings of depression and anxiety
- Nightmares and difficulty sleeping
- Making statements about being worried that family members will leave or die Our therapists are trained in working with children using play therapy. Why play therapy? Play is how kids engage, solve problems, and process their daily experiences. Through play therapy, we are able to teach emotional regulation skills, improve behaviors and communication skills, and increase your family's ability to work together. If your child has experienced trauma they will work with one of our therapists specializing in trauma, EMDR and play therapy
We specialize in helping your child overcome their struggles so they can live a happy life and your family can function at its best.