Realizing your child may need therapy can be a gradual process, often involving feedback from teachers, school administrators, family members, and friends.
As a parent, you might notice behavioral or emotional changes in your child and come to understand that therapy could provide the support they need. This realization can bring relief, knowing that a child psychologist or therapist can help foster positive change and growth.
At The Counseling Center, we offer a range of psychological services tailored to meet the unique needs of children and families. Parents are encouraged to share their concerns and describe the family dynamics or behavioral issues they observe at home. Sometimes, parent training or guidance is all that’s needed, where parents get strategies to address challenges within the family or to manage specific behavioral problems in their child’s life. This approach is particularly effective for parents of infants and toddlers, where adapting parenting techniques can greatly support the child’s healthy development.
For children and teens experiencing anxiety, depression, social difficulties, ADHD, developmental challenges, or adjustment issues, such as coping with divorce or loss, individual child therapy can be highly effective. Therapy helps children and adolescents recognize their own identities, understand their emotions, and learn to communicate their needs effectively both at home and in school. Play therapy is utilized with younger children, as this medium allows their feelings to be expressed through the language of play.
Family or dyadic treatment can also be useful approaches either incorporating the whole family or dyadic treatment working in pairs. We know working with our staff can give direction to families who feel unmoored and we’re ready to help.
Family therapy incorporates the whole family, or a subset of the family unit. Dyadic treatment involves working in pairs. This approach can be particularly useful with teens, so that they might express delicate feelings to one parent with a trained professional present, which allows for safe and supportive communication.
Child and Family therapy can offer great relief, and can give direction to families when they feel unmoored, and are searching for constructive solutions. Even small issues can blossom into large ones in the life of a family, and thinking these problems through with a professional could be just what is needed.
